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ISSUE 49 FEBRUARY 1988 



FEATURES 



4e LEVEL 9 PROFILE 

CtvitsHoaarideo«iu>Law(0an<]findtcut iHtto don what to wfm and '«ny 

56 CRASH INDEX - PART II 

" ' id mem? Oonl dsapnr wa vv gm jm 

•lASH 

70 THE REAL THING 

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REOULARS 

7 EDITORIAL 

30 LLOYD MANQRAM'S FORUM 

CFIASH I) iM.3r)d«rf ul. Miy^ a rwitcM' Indood <l is, Myv Ud^ 

35 NICK ROBERTS'S PLAYING TIPS 

AtabukA Piutttw ustMl (ioBft od Jon Nortti 
45 ADVENTURE TRAIL 

Kfugiht Ore pt«uMi jk fAW (yobtems. Uka htm do y^Du 9M down that «««? 
51 BRENDON KAVANAGH'S PBM MAILBOX 

An nrna;ing provKrvn ol lin«r >«] astounding @rttli^ P6M conyen|iQn« WOw! 

108 ROBIN CANDY^S SCORES 

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114 COMPETITION WINNERS 

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LOOKING 
AHEAD 

THERE'S somathtr>g dtsooentkng 
•bout ^tonuary- it's sJU(]denly«aay 
to fsdllQaA^ without a seasonal 
prop. Slilt. tjy the tJme yo^j read this 
It'll be well nigh Vaientrrifd's day 
BntJ the round of gimmickry can 
pftsume 

Tbe gatn^a producers wtft be 
accused of gimmickry again tuts 
year, as Ifw rush of tie-His 
sccelerstes. Some softiware 
l<iouses " most egragiously 
G<emUn Graphics and Pirviha ^ 
are all txfl devoting itiemEOtvos to 
tle-in&, It eeems. Ad^ you'd hardty 



ttiink \hm universe CQUkJ take 
ar>other master. 

But the top OBffnes ttm irKxrlh 
are good old-nishjoned state-of- 
ttie-en stuff - 3n eminenlty 
playabild martial -arts challenge 
ffom System 2\t\ IHt^ an e^citirig 
flight simMlalor trom Firebird irt 
ffying Shark ami a.ciasstca\ty teirt- 
only adventure from LeveJ 9 tn 
Knight Ore. 

There's an inierview with the 
minds twhind Level 9 in ihe new- 
took Adventure Trail, too - and ** 
tiope you'll write to tet us know 
how you find thart aectloo. 
(Sigr^aost and S<ignstump$ will 
return next month, wtien there's 
I - and Uoyd tias something 
to say abwt space in 
the Fofum - - - ) 

HAPPY GNU 
YEAR 

New to CfWSH this month are one 
game-revkawer and two Slafl 
whters. Nafthan Jonaa from 
Chuirt::h Stratton <fewflloped an 
unti^althy attachmern to 
M\rTQrsoh'BAndvCappKiw\ after 
hi$ »rrviai ai thaTowera, but we'H 
still tel Nm come In every Satvday 
for ra^aducstiori $essions. 

OoitkK) Hougltton joins u$ as a 
Staff Wfiier from BtefOMm In 
Lancashir e. via three yeam at 
Oxiofb studying for joint honours 
in twrizontat warotling and 
comparathMi arcade adventures. 
And Marii Caawall. who's been 
contntxjling the 066 comment for 
sevefai months, jotns thai email 
but jntf epjd t^and that roves Ikom 
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FOR THOSE 
OLYMPrC MOMENTS 



gtning the SfMCtmiii spocts 
ictttt fit mh diart-lopping 
compdtfion Qame Sel AiKfMttctt. 
OwM his jumped on the Otyrnpic 
bandwagon with 4iC#Mli NMr 
O ftiwp toi - a £i9.9S MefBcttve VCR 
gsme' tof tm la lix payers. Ocean 
cliOTK t<'« lh« frtt f/it$ tbnd in BntMt 
md pouts tht sdftwarB pant iomttd 
CD fames. 

Wiftttf Ofympks uses a tidani ror 
play and a vkJeo for irkistraUon - no 
cofTipuler - ifl a r*ce throygh nine 
«v«nts irom the real'ltfe Winter Otympyc 
Games, held this FtboNvy m Ofgsry. 
Cflnacte. Ocean OtairniOT Ojivid W«r{] 
descrjbei it a&a breakthrough in video 
boat d gannest, pcmtint out that m 
pievKMA games 'tht ptdufei on the 
screen had iwttiing lo do with what's 
on tha board - in lh«m it's hind of 
cokxired walpafMr' 

8ut. say& Ward, Winter Olympia -■ 
dfvalopiKl by CaJHomta-lMfiied 
SpKiatists Three Star GriMp » s 
tffhftnl because you rea^ play rather 
than just watch it's a hatway jump to 
art intefadive taser disc. Wial ft t^m^s 
tc i}ie marketpiaca « the antwer to 
psychotos^s' pniictpal criticism of TV 
- thai Jt ES a passivi process, (hat yon 
VI theie and dont do nnythirie atwut tt' 

So kn WnTer Ohmptcs you sit ihere 
through a leivtCHlS-sacond clip from 
aurard-wirmir^ A8C Sports teievteHMT 
coverate ot past Wirrtef Olymptc 
Games, and thafi tate your turn oft the 
t»ard ^ the end of (he clip a grid ol 
nuiT^rs appeals on the screen, 
OianpoB raptcMy Hta the ftame-cotftter 
on a video film, and when the player 
pauses the vtdeo It comes to test with 
two numbers (fisplav«d - your pause 
button takes the 0k« of dice. 

Those two rufrilMrs mdScaie pomu 
and spKes br each of the three 
coloured mils - red. Wue and green - 
cm wtMch players maw across the 
board Depertding on what coiour he's 
on, the p(a]fer taiies the appropriate 
numtM^ of pointsfor the sport he'sjiBl 
waitched and nwwes the appropriate 
numticr of spaces. 

Each playiBr accumulates points In 
every evem and ttte ^arrte continuas 
ne goM medals have teen 
'f^ player to get 500 poMs 
1 pass ovat the 
Id ifiact on the t»srd 
r. th» n<!xi taiiM the 
u __. .-le third trve bronja 
medal Medtfs add to the 6nai score, 

S CRASH February 1988 



aiKl the highad KOfe when an gold 
medals have been cotected was the 
game. 

The nine events are slalom, speed 
skating, fi0ife sli^tting, cross-country 
stiMK, downhiM s>iMniL sla jmripvig, 
tspbued. hoclvey aflikigt iseto 
toboflganinA 

On passing over a medal «pace tor 
■ e sfiowllake space*! you 
n OhtnpK Mornent card, wttlch 
4^ poults or turns, make 

, -inortalityouviaastukfl 

!o anoitier of the tiire* trails - n«ned 
arilter recent f eal-^le Wmter Otympcs 
sH«s. Calgary. Saratevo (m Yuecaiavia} 
and Lake Racid (rtear flew York). But 
c^SKter spaces can txeak your slins , . . 

Ocean s Ward ejcplava the new-styte 
pme's appeal: ' In the pASt VCRinsed 
games were completaiy linear. Mth 
results that riever nried. Once a tape 
was put t(MMher, thafe was no way to 
chai^ It. Tht onlv v»rtat>tes In fir^t- 
genenMkm ¥Oft pmes cffi?ie from the 
cards which ptiycrs ptckad up 

'QtA Milh ^is nei* tectHhque, the 
vtdeo tape n aRed charvges each time 
the game IS plajvd. Unlke other games 
Winter Ot^flrpk^ MUST t» played with 
ttte video tape, and wiN tuve a mucfi 
longer playttifl Itfe span stmply because 
resUts ara diffefertt each time.' 

Sti, MMar O^q^OK^ ^ ^ SBme d 
ctttnca with very Mtie strategy 
mvohied, and with iMd ^iCh a Siflgre 
turn can asm you up to lO.OOO points. 
OttjbMj/ tnoMgh to win the ume (At 
the London tairich. farmer Miss Great 
Sntwi Debbie Greenwood twat 
Canadtan^jom David Jensen, presenter 
of UVs music show nie Aduiy. 14,000 
to U,&X m an hour-long match - 
commenting coy V ' I've never won 
anything before'} 

Ocewv ttopes to attract computer- 
owners wfu recognise tha software 
house s Jc^ on the oaefcatfng. David 
Ward sees it 8& (anwy antertt^nnant, 
diescrdwg the TV as a focus ot 1an% 
Ite, a ' cooi Are ' to pither around m the 
evening, 

With mnterOfflnptcsOiefU\valm 
Crennlin Graphics In ttia move to board 
ga«nes - GremUn ptoiw more to fottow 
Its recem Sa^ Untlm fcotbgihr 01 
??» rear, And the next inleradh«VC8 
game on Ocean's launch 1st is JUiESt 
Socctr Shootout, an indoor-soccer 
Bmewmhover ) 50 video cbfadHrifer 
Ol^npic^ has some I BO), ichediied tor 
raiaase in March or April, 



GILSOfT'! Professiofai Aduetiiur* 

Wtiter iiUAf (971i »i CflASH Issue 40} is 
now awiable on •i' 3 disk 

Ottwr new releases for the new 
modai the first Spectnim with a buiX-m 
dts)« dnive. include Raatbird's iq^ 
s»iMjlat»ri StM0ld&97% In Issue 36). 

And Kampston Data's £&$S 
Speetr^im Joystick Int^rtace has beaf 
updated lor * l<compatibAty. 



AtOrrWAJtE PtRATl 

lo ipnion !i>f L'MTiofiltJi _'- ,...„ „... [ 
Gerhard Marter^ of Torquay pleaded 
gLMNy to 14 different charges wtvch 
inclijded forgery and cc^})!t#iI 
infnntgefTienl 

Mwtens had beeri piratirtg business 
software but the Fedeiatton Against 
Software Theft hopes the semence - 
the first ^A term tor a software ptr«(e »n 
BrKain - wiii Ueter pirate of a« kinds of 
soltwaie. 



NOW IT'S 
BMX NINJAl 

WHAT'S IN A NAME AT ALTERNATIVE 



NOTHING'S too altprnaftive ^ 
Alternative SoftwaTe. trte budgat tabri 
thai'sshd close to the top ol the sates 
charts vflthiMt aS the no«se ol Code 
MKtcrs and Mastartrontc. 

Ex-tHQlogt^ boss Roger HuRey 
studied the Sfxctrum-owning animal 
and deduced that the title selte a 
budget fame - so now he reckons AWX 
fitfii^'% sure to be a hrtf 

BMX games sell eitremely weia and 
marttatarb games sell extrernetjr wet, ' 
explains HuA^, so we're putting the 
two together for BttX f*ti^ afKJ it s 
gomg to be a monster 

The progrsmrrers are having a great 
liTTw. all jimping up aM down ar>d 
saytng Can t bo that brt^ Can I do that 

brt'" 

P' TTw twiWt the thiflf: A Ma ra aB w 
Sofhurare's Roger HuAey 




rte oiT'r- ! id«t' oufietvestoo 
$enou&l»y on the games, ' admts HuMey , 
who» Aiterrtativ* label «justttHtip of 
a software empfta wliicli abo Mdudes 
two datrtxibon companies and a 
dupHcat ion outfit 



But there's mofe to wies than silly 
mies. he says - sorrjetwnt^ a subtle 
change cw malte ail tlM difference 
TtvM's frtiy he renarrwt Martech's Uctn 
Mm foritsil.^Afterr^ative rer elea» 

'the name rtidn't cluck, so w*pultt* 
sport first and our title is called Mh 
Udv MM*, which really sells. ' 

It's the same story with Piranha's 
Nosfetaiu. one of matty Piranha titles 
[mciudlrig Ttapdoof\ which Aftemative 
otiets at tiudget pnce 

HuBey's calting it The Vampyre, 
fiosieratfi -we're de-empttasising the 
word ' Nosleratu' because It doesnt do 
anytfilngfor us.' 

Packaging packs 'em Into the 
software shops, too. so Attemat .■ 
gflefi cttangeS the covers 13I its 
fff pleases- wtuch include Mogn 
Cnsta (Incentive) astd £v«f>orM>'s A 
Wii|i'|pllirp4&en) and usust^ «• 
tsihnen 40.1X10 and 1 00,000 copies 
eich. 

'We d never ttetove m piittiflg a 
product out WTlttout a screenshct And 
the idea a it must be seen to be good 
V8k*« for mofiey. Ttte proof of the 
pudding IS in the eating and we're not 
going to sleep on our laurels.' PtKvxg 
fiQ metaphors hell stretch to I 

Alternative S saJeS enpert, 
advefttsing man Damd Piakrief , agrees 
TbeoMy wayyouseHabiidfet game ts. 
tbroughvourcpi«r;h«sln»$e$ Take 
a good, popuiir gim«, put a strong 
ilustrviion on it and watch It shoot into 
the charts. 

'Btit I we ^ways fett that most 
s,oti waf e companiK are vary cyncal 
toward their market - they trourKe out 
itiis cartoony. batviVi style to wll to 
what fi essentialiy Adrian Moie. 

'But we se« 10 a very wis*, albert 
young, audience; 

Artd the tefis of AJiematwe's brightly 
PKkaead rereleaies and chetp. cheap 
compitaiHonspreepnimfDrfl 9$on 
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HANG-ON 



Producer: Electric Dreams 

Retail price: E9,99 

Authors: Chris Wood and 2ZKJ, from a Sega coin-op 



Whwn you had that Raleigh 
with ^abiliser wheels, 
no-one would have 
thought you'd come (o this - 
crouch&d ovQT a rscirg motorbihue 
vmtht whee4$ about lo lay rubber 
acfo^ four contifienls. 

You wait at the raoa's start i<n«, 
coof, coJm and coUacted, 
Suddenly the tolling group o1 
bikkfls that surrounds you i& away, 
scorching off into Iha distn'^ce. 
You acoelerata aftar tttam, 
watching closaty tha spaedo at tho 
lop of the scfeefi- When the cruoial 

XB of 290 kpti ts reached, ttw 
'3 tuit© kicks in. Then you 
begin to ast up ttw othor ridart aa 
tt thay ware on pi^tctuad 
tric^:las. 

You're loath to ease off the 
ttvottka, knowing that to do so 
costs you vaimable^ time, but 
sonnetimes ine situation do^rtsfKls 
sharp braking. The bike can use all 
of the road, swttctiing from side to 
sMa to avoid the Oltw bik«s arbcl 
■pax through ttw bends of the 
track. 

tr your steering isn't ail that it 
migfit be and you touch another 
rider. Of ftiilp off tfw mam track, 
soeed is lost - and that means 
viiuaW* tHTi^ 1$ 9ona loo. And you 
can't do anythHij^ abool nddrs wtMi 
strike you as tbay coma Duming 
thfough, losino you yei fiKMe 



seoo4id8. 

Worse stiil, shoukf you make 
contact wrth one of the wayside 
faaMea, an adMrtiamg hoarding, 
a iree or a pHe of bouider«i, yon 
have a wipeout on your hand& and 
the bike is destroyed. No serious 
tnjufv ia involved and you are 
quickty on a apa^^, but r)o'*/ time i^ 
even lighter. 



J HICK L 



■■ Super l^ang-On couM taitty 
ba CAlhKl Enduro Racef II -' I 
can And bardfy any 
dlffarencae. Riding a road 

blk« rdtNtr than A dirt Mke 

doesn't change ifw game 
much. StiH, t}>ef«'i mon 
colou' h«r« than In Enduro 
Raoer - o1 coursathat oaum 
soma aittilbute problafna, iHit 
Iha axlFB rasMy la woftii H. ff 
ycMi a lrea d y o«ni Enduro 
Racer thara'a no pdhn In 
gattfrtg thta, but Wt worth a 
i^ook If you're *hopf>^ for a 



Tha ckxJn ticks away all too faat 
at the head of the screen. Flash 
bensath Ihe finish gantry before 
that 2ero second arrives, and 
you're on to the next stage with 



any rerrtatning time carried over. 
Each succeewe tnc^ aska more 
of the rktor, daring him to go taster 
and to tak& rnor^ chances before 
ttw evar4owenng tirne Itmrt is 
reached, 

H you successfully hcie Uw six 
tracka of Atrica, you and your 
rnachine are transferred to Asi* 
(ten stages J, then to America jt4 
stages), and finally to Europe with 



its 1 S tracks Eac:h new continent 
i$ a groater test of skill tfian the 
\asi. WFth points tiuilding up as you 
whee'ie your way around the 
v^orid- 

Afler aH this. \i you feel your tJike 
laoks a little something, you can 
pep ^1 Its capabiirtTes by 
increasing the seiwtivitv of its 
handliing - and Oft yOu go once 
more. 



J PAUL L 



" Alter aealng IJS Qold/Epyx'i appaMns Super Cycle I was afrakl 
Suiwr Har>g-On might tia anothar well afc«^ graet ruiii»ed by 
thoughHaaanaas. But though It'a certainly not up to tha vtAndardt 
of Enduro Flacer, tt'a an Incndibiki iKMat^mant- 

Tha (tvnt and offan a cl a w i riy ooii aliw , t a<i amy of optiorta, 
though ( found onfy orte comMnflthMi uaaftil; Ngh aanatthrtty wHh 
attrtbulas off. And once you find ttw right aattinga tha gwna ia a 
joy, both playab^ and addktlva. 

Th« Zavala of dftfliculty are juat rigfit; if a pretty easy to tinlah the 
nrat two Afirican tracks In your fliataasalon, but to get any furtiwr 
raqulrvB persaverWKa arKJ ia at frtf»d uaa of the turtw, 

IT youVa ba«n looking forwwrJ to Super Hang-On you wont ba 
dls^ipakitad. " 




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JbymL 



*'lTia chane* to aal ymr 
bNia'a i«epensa does ■ tot for 
Super Herig-On " you can fide 
IHta you want to. And thcxigh 
ttiaf* are aal anglaa for 
taking tiUiiiai i| tfWt makaa it 
aaal ar to a aaaaa how to 
taolda each one. The major 
p ro b t a m 1 had wai wHh 
drunken drtvara cutting m* 
up- 



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COMMEMTS 



Joyvtlcka: Curaor, Kempston. 

Sinclair 

Oraphksa: \mgfi (fttaiied bikes, 
with jerky but liUA anirnatioo 
Sound: super bi^kmg offnc(<j 
OptiOftS; to colour Or not to 

ookM^, ttiat 19 thaquaaUor^ 

plus ttvee levels of control 



_; not quit© up to 
BwkMO fiuoar, but a superb 
^nd cf^lenging co<n-op 
conversion 



Presentation 
Graphics 
PI ay ability 
Addiictiva qualities 
OVERALL 



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GARY LINEKER'S 
SUPERSTAR SOCCER 



Producer; Gremiln 

Graphics 
Retail price: £7,99 
Author: Chris KerFy 

In direct competition with 
Oceans MstcfitJay U comes 
Gremlin' fi latest tug-nama 
licence. Gary Uiysker's Si^ptfStar 
Socc6r. Similai to Mr Ritman't 
game, this gives the player Ihe 
dual asp«cta of managament end 



real playing action. tuA 
ap^oat^ieattiem quiite differently. 
TTie same 14 atr^ictuf ed into four 
divtskxis of s»xidef> leams , with Ht* 
player s team starting m the ftxjrth, 
p4aying botti league and cup 
games. Any of the lour division 
labtes can be eKamined, as wsH as 
B learns' statistlos, set -up and l4si 
olpiayars. 

^ Cwwrait't rooting (w local 




When the player starts a matcti. 
he can change the controt of rhe 
coech, centre (orward and goalie 
to human or computer, if all three 
are set 10 computer control, the 
player can atecl not to watch ttie 
rratch, but jKst lei the compuvef 
work out the result. 

The player only has one 
fooiballef to contros for the whoi*? 
mat<^ - the computer follows the 
actton on the ball, which means 
that the player's cerrtre can be a 
tonq way off screen. When th«> 
player has the ball, be can either 
pass, by holding the joystick 
towards a player and lapping ttw 
button, or shoot, by holding down 
the button. 

A Kriod<'OUt league cup 



JMICK L 



" What hM hoppenwllo the 
sortware industry? There arm 
more <oo^4ill gam^ on ttM 
marttei man I've had hei 
dinnan " mn6 thaf ■ saving 
BOfnelMrtg] Urrfortunirtaly 
Qmy Unefcpr s S<jp«rstar 
Soccer holds nothing naw. 
The game tin^ trery well laid 
out, and Ihe ofytiena menu is 
f;lutlar«d wtth text The 
piayfhg acman lan't any 
Httar, witti poorty animated 
and dHfk:ult lo-sae 

fsottiailars running arotirtd 
ttia garlah pitch. Gary 
Unekar'f Si^ieffitar Socci>r is 
■ aofl of croaa between 
Fo0tt>9fl Dtrector and 
htalchday II ^ ^ut ha»n*t the 
ttair or playabil% of either. " 



competition IS also hekl during the 
season, giving the pinyer a chance 
10 go for a trophy as wett as the 
leegue title. 



JbymL 



" Not hav^ control over the whole team i% sfrwige - you can*! 
•ven ted which {flayer l« under your contrDl> making the action 
hard to roMow, eepecislty when you're at one end of the pitch and 
the ball la at the other! It atso meane that you have a much less 
•IgnAicant psart In the game » in Matchday II you have a feeling of 
complete control and are able to a«t upi movaa how you warnt to. 
ki the l^ht of Matchday II, Gary Linekcf's Sup^utar R>ot(»ay ia a 
very poor offering - 1 know which one I'd rather buy. 




Producer: End uf a nee 

Garrtes 
Retail price: £9.95 casseHe 
AuthcM's: Kefiy Kevtil, Iris 

Luttring and Bttly 

Barry 

The computer verslor of f vp 
follows the structure ,nr.] 
content of the board gan « 
but provides computer opponf r v . 
to dt your wita ^airtst. 

The action is payed on a ' board ' 
of 32 coloured aeclions. formed by 
hNO opp<»9^ sets ol spira^is lying 
wrthm a circle. Rotating the spirals 
creates a shifting motfe pattern 



IbymL 



" Eye fa a compioteiy 
coficafit, but once mastered, 
there's ttrUe to keep you 
ptBying. 11^ computer 
opfMMente are quite 
cnaHanging, but overall t 
found that the gamepley was 
rather aamey, and tacked any 
excitement or thrills. Playing 
the game wl(fh a couple of 
Human opponents is fun, but 
t wouldn't raconvmand the 
computer version of Eye tf 
you're Ukety to be playing it 
on your own. " 

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a-' - different coloured 

sections to appear in una vA four 
sei patterns. 

To Win the game, a player must 
place a spectftod number of 



Ipaul 



** U anythinig. Eyf' improves on the onglnal lioard game, but at 
far a« I'm concerned, the programmers have made the best of a 
bad iob - the beard game is rwthing to- wrrtte home about. What 
tnaltaa Eyt> so unttkeabia im the lack of variety - there's only a tew 
lhlr»gs to do and mo«t of the time is spent waiting for the 
eorr^Miter lo take its turn. There ans plenty of g-ood contpular 
board game interpretations on the Spectrum - l>ut I'm afraiid Eye 
Isn't one of them. " 



J MIKE 



** I've plaved the board cjame a couple of times artd, to be quite 
honest can't say that I found It particularly enjioyable. The 
computer version plays very simltarty. and offers Itttfe mof s than 
some computer opp»nents. The gamaptay isn't much fun, and 
after a couple of sessions I grew increasir>gly t>ored. Eye It 
baautifuHy packaged, but ts very overpriced for what it offera. If 
you realty want to play Ey St buy the burd game. " 

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counters in the corraapondir^ 
cotoMT sections 00 ttie board> The 
numt»r of cciiniars usaddspands 
upon the numtwr of playars, and 
the program accounts tor tjet ween 



one and four psriicpanta, etthar 
htuman or electronic. 

> Somettiinji's gone efl colour in tlte 
mini]' sf ye 




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Jmommi 



" Gary LineKef 5 Superstar 
Soccw ft v#fv much itt ttM 
Min ot Fo&Uiall ManaQsr. 
M»n«gifM} • footbai tMm 
and gui(£ng It to tha top of 
1h« WMM* dai«4 hav* It* 
Vftpaal, but I prafar to con trdJ 
ttM actton on ttia field rathar 
than off M. Tha graptilea ar* 
bai^ avaraf)*, with vaiy 
Rf|t«tQ mgh« ttivm ttaindOUt 
On tht whoJa this la ■ gowl 
f09tt»lMI managamant gama, 
butt MatctKJay 11 Is still ttw 
dafinitiva rootbaii gama as 
far at I 'm eoncatniad . " 



^COMMENTS 

JoyatteitK Cufsof . Kempaton, 

Sinctair 

Qraphtca: Ctuttarad text on 

tfiQ opoatis aeraan. artd poor 

Sound: lac^HnQ 
Options; sxtans«ve menu 
ayatam, with plenty of on- 
jntormation 



Oanaral ratlrKc a 

ffe^^KiMlngraoltaii game 
which tells far short of fts 
potfifiUaJ 



Pfes«iitat»on 
Graphics 

Addichtfe qualities 
OVERALL 




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tjoyttlcfca: Cursor. Kanrpstcxi. 

GrapMcaiadear 
representation ol the bcsard 

ioundi simpta spot affacts 

andtiileturta 

Optiocw; deiWisbiB Kays and1 - 

4 pteyais option 

Qanaral rating: an average 

Gonvgrsion of a r>ona*too- 

uTiprasslva txMrd gama 



Presentation 
Grap4iics 
Playabllily 
Adffictive qualttios 
OVERALL 




Producef; Activisian 
Retail price: C9.99 
Authors: BobPape 

In yet ainQtf«r big licensiingdealH 
Aciivi$Jon have beogW Ihe f^H 
arcade garrt« Rwnpiaffa to the 
home computer market. 

Q«lween ona and thraa playors 
ta^a t>a part <A muiaiad monatars 
Gaor^. Lizzi« or Ralph, as they 
S6t about destroying a crty futi of 
buildingis. 



inflicted. It collapsax in a doud Of 
dust 

All three rm>n3tarahavsdainwge 
malws, which are dacramed 
'fivery tirrw they're hit by IMi of 
bullets from arrny l»eUoopiara and 
lanhs, or Stay on a coiapslng 
buHdmg Art entir^y diminilahao 
darnage meter has (attf 
consequences. 

To supptemohl 1h#lr eriergy, ttie 
moTKiters collect a wide variety of 
sditsie otQjacts kn the windows of 
buiidirtga, and protect themselves 
by s^nSshing the a^my vehicles 
that fire at thatn. 

Tlia game ends once ail three 
monsters have raturr^ad to theu^ 
I human ^er-egos. 



JbymL 



"Although ActMafon Kaww 
auceaaandly Inoludad the 
ihfae player option Irt tnia 

convor^iorv, things g«t 
cra^npad both on and off 
ser8«n. To ba honvsi, t find 
tfw gamapiay ratfwr dull - 
there's no chiirvc« of 
annihiletlng the armed 
forcea, and consequent^ 
RBfTmai?^ juAt b*corvi*« a 
raoa to find good food, wrth 
noithlng to do axcapt avoid 
crumbing btiKdings. Ttw 
•Clion gats dull quite ^ickty, 
and ayer^ with a coupjr* of 
other playan to ftpica thln^ 
up» tfvara's littla to ki«p you 
playing. " 




Jhb mcwistere are mftiaHy 
dropped onto the acr e en . and are 
confronted by s«>veral buildings, 
all of wh4ch ara desinoyed to 
advance to ttw ne>rt levet. Thts "S 
ac^iieved tjy cirmtMnq up the s^des 
of bui1din<g^, and mh&r smashing 
out tt>B Windows, or knocking 
hotes in ihe ssde. Once erraugh 
striiclurai damage has been 



J MIKE L 



" Rampage is e pretty jolly game^ and boasts soma very bright 
graphics. Some of tfM acraana ara very attractive (as attractive 
a* naif a dozen muhkstoray bi^ldlngs can be J suppose) and the 
chafactara are great. Ttw gameplay appeals to rrr^ vandal and 
sadlatk kntinc^ artd goirvg around amathing whola tKiiidings 
down arKf eating paofua la highly anj«iyat>la. Then thaca's tt«s 
extra fun of bimg burted undJar lunila . . . However, tli« 
gameplay tacka vamty and conaaquantly I doubt Its long-term 



W- A beauty nl ■ baast 



JNICK L 



*' Qraphlcally, Rampage la 
really good - akyacrapan, 
railway trscks and 
•fS ail excel Icntty 
and the backdrops 
afsi great, witti pyfons and 
ttansmlttera to add to the 
railam. Ttw bailc Idea is o*te 
of chaos - you have to bda 
end punch pieces out of ttia 
buildings and eat paaalAg 
cars. The mon^tara afe al aa 
vMant as each other, which 
^tn cause a problem wt>en 
one tuitis against you! In 
some of the windows of 
buildings tfiera are iittJe 
pCM>pie which give you extra 
energy it you eat them! t 
tbofoughliy enjoyed playing 
flampsge,^ and with an extra 
player or hwo it b«comes 
imoretun-' smashing! " 




COMMEHTS 



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Joyatftclis; Cursor. Ksmpston, 
Smclatr 

Graphics; large, intricataly* 
daiaflad monsters with 
cokMtiil backgrouncta 
Soiatd: stomptng and bashing 
effects only 
Options: 1 -3 pEayors 
General ralkig: a co m petent 
.version ihal should appeal 
iu tdns of Ihe onginat 



Presentation 
Gr.iphtcs 
Plav.ibilily 
Addictive quafitics 
OVERALL 69 



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TiRerRAP 



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Producer: Electric Dreams 

Retail pnce: E9.99 

Authors: Source, from a Data East coln-op 



T 



hare's a txirning skyocrapor 
<tewn on ArcadQviilte's main 
stTMl. and thti fife is 
ding to the ne^ghbcHinng 



HM pilyv takes control of a 
B i * Hi ;H* * who is «ant to put out 
the bisza. Ths hero starts at the 
base of ttia first towsr «quipp»d 
only mth a fir^resislant suit, j^t- 
padK and water cannon, and 
clirnbs up the ven^caUy scrollling 
tuUduig. 

W(3«Mn and dogs ara trapped in 
tha OQfTllaaretiofv. and are mcuatl 
when touxmd, ttie hero supplying 
Ihiin wKh a p^w^hutA fto ihey may 
IkM io safety Ha alto 
extinguishes fires with has cannon, 
leMding eittier a cash bonus or a 
bonus icort. These andow tum with 
tiw abUity to fire horuontaUy, 
avir^ adosd protection, or initiate 
m }et-p8Ck. btasting hkn up the 
buikJing and saving precious time. 

As ha dimbs, t^ie fireman avoids 
a continuous stream of debris that 
rains down on him, and negotiates 
knpassabie areas such as 



Jn§ck L 



" Rretrap »a*m* •i*np(t and 
tjoffngi to tiegiin with, biit 
hjTther Invastfgatlon proves 
Hiis wrong. The graphics are 
aaeauatei erlth sonw' cute 
leuAae Hhe th« iittl« doge 
(ahl] that have to be rteoued 
and sant down to Itie ground 
on a parachute, Tlie only 
tiding that I didni like about 
the garrw Is th« leek of variety 
^ to mm th« ortly dWafenca 
betw r e a n lowaf blocks waa 
thefr colour, and that ttvs fire 
gats more severe on higher 
levals. Firetrap is a fun 
change from 9m 
utolenca or tfiefis, but may 
b e c ofy» e a litHs tadiwj* after 
a taw tQw«rs htvm 
eittinguisrved. " 



fagpotes and smooth patchaa that 
give rto grip. Should ha be hit by an 
ob^t or touch any lira, the 




J MIKE L 



** I've giot to ghMr It to Data East - th^^r^ coma up with a wefy 

no vet 3D game. The pBnafilay Isn't Ihe taatast l^rs aver piayaa, 

but it provklea a ohJanja and is faifty addldlva. The o r ap n tea 

-.are very wwM drawm and the clMira«n«r9 detallad and clear' But 

tlhere ts one anag - flte 1km diitl and th« falling object* tattd to 
t»iand irtto Itte bulkNng, which can make things difficult on higher 
levels. H you^re after en unusuaJ and en^oy^f^e game - look up 
Firetntp.*^ 

TT* 



J PAUL L 



** ElactHc Dreams have been 
a biK quiet of late ar>d ifa 
good (o *ae them come baclc 
wtth some rww games - 
Nrhiiist last isaua and now 
Firetrap. The screart display 
baa bean planned just right - 
there's not loo much visible, 
but just enough to gtve you a 
(lira] fighting chance. What 
frnpresaed me most was the 
about ol detailed 
graphk^s being moved 
armiftd the ^reen very 
quickly and smoothly. 
Everything ebout Firatrap (a 
sJick. end lo cap it afl the 
gameplay is vary addictive! '* 



> StDptheliomefifBs Jjurnin^ tn 
Electrle Drsams's sHck, adtticttvt 

charactef falls aaverai stones and 
loses a itfe, The game ends wtwn 
all his five lives a^'a i^t. 










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Joysticks Cursor, Karnpeton, 
SfTCJair 

Qraphloa: great -^ wail drawn 
and smoolh , although some of 
ihaoharactarB are occaitonally 
difllcuA 10 aee 

Sound: ioBy title screen ditty 
and JingMB, but very Eimitsd in- 
«me sound anaets 
Opttotta: defintiiie keys 
General ratirfg: a corr^petent 
and addidive convarston of a 
, rxwa) arcade madiine 



Presentation 


75% 


Graphics 


80% 


Plaiyabitity 


77% 


Addictive qualities 


78% 


OVERALl. 


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Hdvifit survived f Iw 
bloodsucking nKmsters of the tk^ 
ptusf. you progress on to the dctusl 
Road it^igit 
T)h« is virtwre the fun redlfy be^ns. Vou will meet 
vamp4re$/two and tHree Headed rmmsters - ttw 
iwad wNt fly at yoii on it^ own, )ust Miltsn y<Mi tMnh you 
aregalrtirM; the wppcr hand. 
Collect kofts to buikd ii|) the f^epokwr necessary to fiflic 
off your aggressors. 

Action and exdCe«neflCal tlie way mWi tills 
macabre and unusual game ', Mtiich has that 
ehislwcittr.i S49m«thing to keep you 
cominf b JCh for mor«. 



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Producer: Gremlin 
Graphics 

Retail price: £7.99 
Auttior Tim Miller 

Across thQ contknwits'of th« 
world you flaari on your 
bicycle madis for oi^. Bum 
infhoak, h«ad down, you pedsJ 
ovef a vHfiety of coLir*M, 
0Pfnpe1tf>g against the dock VKi 
tMi o4h«r compeifiors in <f>uf nce. 
But this cycling ejrtrav«g*nm te 
ncA jusi a &impl(9 matter of athlstic 
prowe^ ftTtd saddle sor^ocss - 

the OOIMSS ^ fulJ of Qt»1ructK>ns 

and uFi8portsmari)k« poopte wtw 
wan you «rid your txke upendad 
and tomporwHy out of ttiftiio*. 

From ttw roads surftaos pep 
bWTieni and obtruslue pc^; 



coiled snakes sirike; sQuat sumo 
wre3il«rs btock the highway arxj 
groups ai thugs atwffle from 
roil0skcfft to roodskje, 

Rumps atso obstruct ttie way 
MmhI. but t^ese can be usad to 
)ttft over obstacles ancl ahead c/f 
Uie Compotitton 

H you have three crashes (each 
ia indk^led by a nifty peoe of 
adved^ing for a wal-known 
national computer magazine) 
you're out of the race for good. 

Your posnion to ftiown on a msf 
below the main, horizontally- 
scrD<ling course scaer. And your 
placmrg is vrtaj, (of orly by vt'mmryq 
a tittq» of the race can you move 
omothertext. Ueki \n a far distant 
oourrtry, 

So yoi) must ooncerrtrBta on 
ip e o d. avoid tfra obstacles - and 



J PAUL L 



"Ifiia make* a ptoeeant cdiariQe from the uaual arcede 
•dvwtturae end tieet/ehoot^'efn-ups that have eppeaired on t9ie 
Spectrum I«ta4y - .wid It'a atao a good game. Though It't not • 
dimct Vm-ki with dM Tour De France, Tour De Force has ell tfie 
ta rtufee of the re a l ife race (apart from ttie dulcet tones of 
Channel 4 oommentatof PMI Uggvt): people all over the roed, 
Cokm bo W aa and wen mianiac c^ictlste wtio try ertd kk;it you off 
your bika. The reaJim 0*(S Confusiinig wtivn your rider I* loat 
•HKing the (^rowiliof o<ti«r Irtkes^ tfKiugh. Sourid Is used well -the 
dffTerent countrtee laihere you race ar« identrfied tiy riatjonat 
turtes - end it'a good to see Oremlln Qraphics divereiMng fnun 
the usuel gerwea wHh tWa cWlgfitfufiy ptayabie gBme, - 



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abendoo the few moral scruples 
that you have by taking olher 
nctors off with some choK:e 
lOsUing. 



8ut b^ke rsdngfttMM and thirsty 
work. To ftntsh ms race on a bike 
rather than a s lie l ch e f youl ttave 
1o take on drfnlKs by directing tfie 
bike through ttie ttotlles. glasses 
afKt casks ttiat stand on the 
tarmac. 



J MIKE L 



'^Tour Da force Is Mte e lasxed-up fulf-prlce ver^on of 
tjoaturlroinlr'a Milk Race, but Wie Jezzlng up hasni eddied to the 
ol^fSbtHty. The firmt level of Tour De Force la dtfAcuH, end the stert 
to oonfuelng; It takes qutte a few eeconde to work out wtilch of 
(he 11 rfden to you. There's not much genYeptay to keep you 
golrw beyond tfie start line, either. " 



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KNIGHTMARE 



Prodjcen Acti vision 
Retail price: £9.99 

Authors: MD Software, JP Dean, EM Dean and Focus 
Creative Enterprises 



K nightmare is a TV licence 
With a difference, based on 
the nV/AngltofV serlea 
wfiich starred scnoof-age rote- 
plaiy«r« in a fantasy casfle <H 
coftifmABf gnphice. In the 
Afcthriakm game, a aad dtotreaaed 
knig^ has bean caat through time 
and ipaoe to a plaoe he does not 
Imow. «id hemuit ttimtve. 

He can ask thtnoi. 1(N*, dig and 
even drink, selecting comrrMndi 
and responses to 



charecters' sugge^kins from a 
rnuitipie-choice set. 

As the kniQht progresses 
tivough these daink dungeon 
roonw, he encounters people, and 
tftere are ttaasts wt» can fielp him 
b^ answ(King his questk)r\a. Like 
him, they talk in speech bubbbes. 
But he wiH also encounter got>lins. 
snakes, and bats 

A bumtng candje at tfie aide of 
tfie screen shows ftow much life 
Ifie knight has left. 



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JPAiiLt 



,** Kmghtmare to very oomptax, end though most of (he acboea 

muat take meke aenee, wtien you heve to np^ INnge it 

gets monotonotje. VIeuaHy KiHghtmare to very attractive, wfth the 

indhrMuato detailtod and a tAi ui a ie ^ i i i a wii ^ end the oreclee heve 

commanding appeerancM. TtM meln fault of Knightmare Is 

It'a very, vary hera- a 



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More intomietion is avsjidble 
irom two orades - but one is 
hetpfui and the otiier is maik^us. 
And ttecsuse It's not a i;letective 
gan«. you cannot cross-questkjn 



them atxMt ifieir repites. 

If the knight sur/^es long 
enough, he can gatfMr f^enin's 
f^aglc, T>iere are many apal8» and 
only by tnat #>d errpr can you find 



** Tide one's atcHtghie-lt took me 
screens. Kntghlmare has great 



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togeteutefitieririt 
but 0M peee to e llttie too' 
feet, though the word «>nirnanilBare (iffloull to toe at tint tliey 
soon iMcome easier, and v«fy fasl, SUIr KnlghtfTiars wttt take a 
k»ng time to maettr - which nwy or may not be a 
recommendattont " 



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" Tour D0 Fofce us«s portrvH 
(iraphk^s wh«r« plan-view 
aplodgea could Kbv« bmmn 
sufMctad - tHit thefv vtilt ^snt 
■nough ddoptayed on tt*ch 
KfWBfi for you to avoid 
cmfakt ob^ct*. You K«v« to 
nwmerit* th« cour^^, or go 
too sJowty to get a 
r»{i»o<»ablv finifhing 

posHion. Still, th«ra't 
•OmatMng about c^it^ion 
wHti stationAry gto» | » clM 
Hvt just boo«t« th* 
•ddictivitrwa*. " 



A countdown at the tsottom of 
the screen shows tiow you're 
dotaf^Q lor ttme. 

^COMMSfiTS /__ 

JofiDcht: Kempstoo, Sinclair 

dnpMos: tiumwovs and 

drtiladi monodhfOfng 

gnphjcs [avadino dash) on a 

tast-ScroHnig road 

SouMfc national tunes lof each 

country. Hfith crash'n'tung in- 

(Mtnftwfscts 

WMral rvtfnee oriQlfMl i«Ml 

addlctivfl gam^jlBy 




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** A nlgtitnur* lnd«*f) - 
there's on* corract r»spon«« 
to evefy kltuatian, no 
tMriabon fs pftrmmed, •nd 
thtt mi iiii dr Knightmar* 
■o«R gals too dictatoriialL ** 

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out what ttiey do. One squashe® 
Ihe nastiQ?. t>ut rtot all are so 
u$«hjl; if ttiing^ gel raany 
despetate. resort to huding bricks 
at the goblin&. 



^COMMBHTS L 



Joyilicltt; Kenipstor. SrK^r 
<lraph4c«} booh-JikQ 
prswntslion, 'tummg pages' 
from one scnson to the next, 
usirtg iaofnetric vtew9 ol 
morioctwomatic nxwns 
Sound: untntenMAing 
O iwi r et rating: beautifully 
p wwi nted. but too difA<xrft to 
raward most players 



Pmsentation 67% 

Graphics 75% 

Playability 56% 

Addictive quatttim 6d% 

OVEAALL «2% 



CLEVER & SMART 



Producer: Magic Bytes 
Retail price: E8-99 

Authors: Volker Marohn, Olaf Marohn and Hotger 
Ahrons 



Clever ajxi Smart are tvvo 
Gefman cartoon 

charactera now on the 
Spectnjm screen - a pair of privtfle 
oy&s, complementing one another 
with thetr mulitanous talents. 
Clev&f s mas^ter of d^&guise and 
can slip into somethirvg a litiie 
more unrocogn^sabte lo complieie 
his inwestigatfons. Smart, his^var - 
present chum, »s the intelhKiLiat of 
ttwtwo. 



they fmd of interest. There are 
numerous flats, restaurants, 
shop^t ifva kindergarten, a prison, 
and phofM boxes which car paaa 
on yaehil messages. 

Clevar ^y] Srrtan get paid «n 
advance, so tfiey iiavo rnoney to 
purchase useful thmgs and eat out 
in restaurants (htirhger is an ever- 
present problem) , Tlrte money 
won't last long, but they can live 
on the edge ofthe law. enter a flat 




In this licence released by Magic 
Bytes, one of Anoiasofl's many 
new labels, Dr Bactenus has been 
kidnapped, and the two have be&i 
hired to find him 

You start otf in the streets of a 
town There Clever and Smart can 
move anxjng tfie buildn>gs. 
investigating and entenng those 



and Umi a chequebook, forging 
thie ownior's signature to c^aw 
more cash. 

But them ai« hazards on the 
street, such as killer cars and ttie 
occasional tMrnb. 

Roaming around th« town may 
produce valuable dues, but going 
underground may be even mere 



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wforthwtifte, Eriter the 
system, locate the telephone 
cab^t^a, auid Clever and Smart can 
start listening to telephone 
corwersat>ons, Uke any ottw 
sewer, this one has rats, and 
cofliact with rats makes ihe two 
heroes hurtgry (if not togtcal). They 
can deter rats by wearing rat suAs. 
but if the cat comes mey've gofl 
real proWems. 

Locating a kidnap victim ishard 
enough at the best of times. ar>d 
what with hunger, stolen 
chequebQOhs, sewers, and 
remembenng the names of 
a^/Aridason s labels (whatever 
fiappened to Viz Design?). Clew 
and Smart have a kit to corrtend 
with, 



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m ■ Ciever S Smart is one of the 
vwaifdest games I've had the 
misfortune to play recent/y. it's 
diffcult to get into, because the 
docLimentation is so tiad, af>d 
once you do wortt QOt what ' s going 
on It's tjonrvg. The nice titte is 
about all that Cievsr & Smarf haa 
got going for it - and that's a 
shame because ttw ktea is falr^ 
sound, atMit not orioinai. " 
Ml Zl% 

• " Ctever & Smart is weird - It 
teket a while to woHt oat what* s 
gotng on and I'm not sura the 
effort Is worth it, Tht graphics 
are colourful t>ut on ttt* whiols 
very simplistic, and the 
animation of the two characters 
It unrealistic, though Ihe sound 
is elective. Chvmr & Smmrf lent 
too hard, tiut It's boring. " 

41% 



# "ft you'rB a mare-rnwxted 
maniac this is for you. Clever & 
Smart is totally mazo^ohented, so 
it fsn't Bym-compatibie, and frte 
hypmKtlM characims don't add 
my tto arVoyment. / wouiid find 
grovH^ Sfoufid m real aowo r a 
much trtcn ex&ting than tr^ng to 
take baartngs orr ttt» blank waib in 
tjmgame. ' 



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COMMENTS 



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Joysttcks: Cursor, Kempston, 

Sinclair 

Qraplilcs: large, coloudul and 

simplffllic graphics 

Sound: r>o music but effective 

spotFX 

OenanI ratlna: an Odd ar»d rather 

boring game, ioensad trom 

German cartoon characters 

whose twee humour may nd 

appeal to the British market 



Prasentation 
Gfaphies 
Playabiiity 
Addictive qualities 
OVERALL 



2m^ 

45% 



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Producer: firebird 
Retail price: £7.^ 

Authors: Dominic Robinson and John Cummlng of 
Gfaftgotd 



In Firobird's l^ttst Todtci otwi-op 
convenian. the playv gats ttw 
chanoa to taka fo the skies in 
the Flylrtg Shark, a Wortd War il 
btfrione , gnd fly a ^(0 i^Sion imo 
anarny lemtcny. 

The acikin a playad ov«r a 
vertically ftcroding iMtdidrop, with 
scfiiadrons of enemy fighters flykng 
in to attack frorn the top ot the 



screen. Hie ground Is Irttered with 
gun efnplaoaniwTts, and tanka arxl 
ships attemist to blast you out ol 
the B3<y wlh a voiiay of well-aimed 
shots. 

TM Rying Shark » aqutppad 
wHI^a doubta-tMrrelled gun and an 
unlimited auppty of arruTunltlon lo 
blast th« anaim^, Thi» flr^pciAr&r i« 
increased wtian the floating 



symbol dropped occas^onanv by 
the last afif opiane in a squadron <ls 
GoHscled. Tosupplamani ihe giir^ 
6n a lunrled suppJy ol smart 
bonnbs wMdi dadnsy avarything 
onscraen. 

There are Ave levals to conquer, 
ytUVtt iurttier leveb including 



conrnyrtatlons above iha Ngh 
saaa againit mksstte-sprtlif^ 
battle ships and patro) boaitt. 

The player vtarta off with a fleet 
of thi^e plviea, and extra ories ere 
aemed at SO.OOO and tSO.OOO 
points, and for evary 160,000 
points thereafter 



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*' Ryling Shamt la o*rt«inly a ra«t atioot-'eniHipi, and boit i ple nt y 
of acvbn - iHit I did firwi tf^e ffnaM pteyirtB ervn mid fN 
rnorMjchriymBtic grapitiicA a little oft'putwig. Another ammylng 
pojrrt ii tlw fact tti»t tt>e attack panama nawar vary fnun game to 
gafner ttwtigh to be fair thera't far too many to m amo riae. SUA, III 
you Ilka shoot- 'afrHups, ghw Ftying Shark ■ go. " 



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*' Authors Gumming and ftoblnsot^ muAl tvav« ivtHtd this one off 
at « fair pace! It aeems like only yesterday thaH tlieae two were 
cmning out with 'original' games at Hewson. They may Keve lost 
their Drfglrmlity at Ffrettifd, but th«y'va stiH com* out with a 
superbly playable and temt>ly addicthn Qame. The action is fast 
and tt>« graphite? attractive , and the only thing lacking li a decent 
tuna. Ttva Grattgold/Firebird conMnation seems to have worked 
vary well here! 



jDAveL 



" l*wa never saan Iha arcade 
ume, but if this coin«nlon 
tt any thing to go by, ttw coin* 
of> must tM somettting 
specials FJret>ird have put 
logetlwr a rnsrvelious game, 
which k»ks and piays vary 
much Hhe 1942, wAh the 
objecthv tieing W Bdvar»ce 
M far forwar J as possible 
and shoot every object thtat 
rrtoves. One min^r 

annayance is that the 
is the same colour aa 
aurrouMllnfl^ but 

nevertfwieaa that niggle 
doesnt atop Flying Shark 
being ooe of the beet arcade 
conversiona I've aver 

played. " 



, ICOMMEHTS L. 

J«yctlcka2 Cursor, Kempston, 

SJnclafr 

QrapMca: extramaty detailed 

monochrome otijects with 

smoothly-scrollir^ 

t>ackgrtHjnd 

SowMt: afleclhe gunshot and 

OipUona: datlrtabia toys 

Qenerri raMnu arother greeit 
shoot-'em-up>om the 
Flobinaon/Cufnrtiirig 
partnarottlp 



pTMCittatJon 


m% 


Glraphfcs 


ao% 


PlayabJIrty 


85% 


Addictive qualities 


89% 


OVERALL 


89% 



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GRYZOR 



Producer: Ocean 
Retail price: £7.95 
Authors; P Owens.M Jones 

Those sneaky Duirs from itie 
distant pl3n«t Suna have set 
up a secret base on Eanh, 
whera they begin Ihwr tenibte plan 
to take control o1 11^ woftd'5 
weather conditions by buNdInq a 
huge atmosphere procflsanQ 
plant. 

n the Durrs ^xxeed in Vitiating 
e new ice Age. xbe resutiing ctiaos 
woutd provude ttw ideal snuation 
for the aliens lo ovflfthrow ttw 
human race The Oun^ must tHf 
stopped at all costs. 

l.ance Qryior has b^en chosen 
tQ &nter the at«n pf ocess^ng plant, 
and find and destroy its control 
room and the aiiiefi mother ship. To 

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accomplish this he must force his 
way throu^two scTotNng sections 
of enemy outposts before biasti^ng 
a rtole In the vrail of the proceasing 
plant and moving Inskte. 

Orce m the complex, a map 
becomes avaiUJI* which G^yzor 
can foiFDw to lefld htm tN-ouQh the 
labyrinth of tunnels as he makes 
h\s way through the ptam. 
However. passaQe Irs continually 
hampered by force r«fds, 
mitomMJc unapons systems artd 
atien guarcto wt\lch thf«eien to 
remove one of Lance' s six lives 

Gryzor prptecis himsetrby using 
his nfh9 whkti can be topped up 
wflh extra ammunition by 
coUedHng ¥raapon capsules. 
These beaxne available on the 
deslnjctioo of the alien's weapon 
stores and Oamefs. 



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" GryzQT Is a very poor game gnphkMv, but It's sunvisinQly 
•ddlctfv*. This is due to the amount el action that has been 
crwnmad hrto tMc ahoot-'em-u-i^: jumping off cirffm and tHidges 
Into enemy Maatod WKterways. somaniauiting over the varf oue 
a t aa aal na wid than blowing th«m to bits, inrittrsting ttwir 
■nd then de a t ro yt ftg Itl The ap««d th^t your character la 
of la qurte surprtelng: you cfin pgrf orm m«ny dWenMIt 
movtts veiy quickly, which makaa ttw ection h»ctlc and 
satisfying. Unfortunately tfie a dJ M h w fiataire of thv garne to 
outweighed by the rubbish graphic* and souhd, poor 
presentatlon and high poce . " 

Hill 



JdaveL 



" Gryzor ^n't a bad game overall: it has a ttk e h aMa n ga to 
ttiroi^, is s(ightly addictive itnd rvqujrvs soma skill on iaiar 
screens. Coloiitr is r^oatfy used with only the odd clash occurring 
during the garrte, but It doesn't reetly contain any wondedul 
gmphics that tat it apart from the ni>rm. Ocean have made a 
reesonatda attMifit at the convaralon and with a bn mon to g«t 
your teeth Into they would have had a real wimner. " 



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producer: US Gold 
Retail price: £7.99 

Sege's besi-seJiing aicade 
racing gvne has just been 
converted to tfw Spectrum 
by US Gold - which ciaims it sold 
over 2(X),0D0 copies in Us first two 



JbymL 



" TTiit must have on* of th« 
'worst muMlocda In hlatocvl 
As aeon a* tfta chackpofnt n 
feached the acthm Instantly 
fraazas and ttm next track 
kiatiBi and as soon am it's In 
the action starls wHhout 
warning. This wouldn't be 
too tMd if you only had to 
ipand • couple of sacond? 
waiting, bijt somotimaa ttw 
watt goes on fo< agaa, and 
If a easy for your attention to 
wander, the action to restart 
and the car crash. The 
Qamaptay is very slow, and 
ttie graphics and sound ars 
osneralty dtsappointlng. Out 
Run isnt a great 
converskm. " 



we^s. breaking a& records and 
sattrng it to beat GaiJntliBf on loti^: 
sales. 

Th« objective in Out Run is to 
race a Fermri Testarossa to one q< 
eight destinations within the lime 
limK. 



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MIKE 



•* Why are us Gokl dolf>g th^ 
to met Firat CaNforma Gam^ 
turns out to t>e a maastva 
dlaappokitment, and tttan 
Out flun - a cla^lc arcade 
machine - lumS out to ba 
another tNsappolnitn'ieni 
Fair anough, the ^2BK. 
vetslon Itaa an excellent turt* 
which d o aanlappasfto slow 
the game down, but, i aak 
myaaM, la H possible to ripw 
It down further ttian it Biraady 
tsT Ttis traffic on the road is 
{arky and badty animated^ 
a^ the road itself isn't 
exactty the paragon of 
smoomness. US OoM tiawe 
mads the beat Job th*y coukj, 
but It just i6ti\ enougli - Out 
Run ia 8 full -price, full-scale 
letdown, " 



J NICK L 



" AtlastOutRunhaaarrivedonttwSpactrumfButallltieseelyoiJ 
ttiat mr* aKpaottng this to be just like itie arcade v*nk>fi hsd 
iaattar laava the room rfglvt nom, bacawaa you're gn^ to tw so 
d iaapp c riwta d. The graphics are mt nwatl drawn as is possibta on 
the Spectrum, and sound on the 128K is alisolutely fantastic! The 
only thing that lets the game down Is the lack of colour (which is 
usual tor ttiis type of race game) , On th« 4$K you also haitv to load 
each track separately which is a mtte frustrating, iHrt the proNam 
la reaohfad on the 1 JS because once you ftave loaded tlw track it 
stays in tti« memory. CXit Run is an esaanttal purehaaa for ail you 
budding srcade gamesten - miss N and youK ragret It for the 
rest of your I if at " 



Th« screen shows a 3-0 view of 
the track from above and behirid 
the ^ayttf'a Tevtaro^a. The car 
^las Mm gears and an aooelerQ,tor, 
which coma imo afliact as soon as 
the starting tights gp grean. 

A dlghaT speedom^er and rev 
counter inform tNe player of Ihe 
car's current perlormanca as it 
negotiates cHps and curves and 
dodges other trsftSc, Should the 



car run mto trie bxM of anoiher 
vehicle it loises speed, bui drrvirkg 
into a large roadskle feaiura 
throws the car off the track and 
leaves the dnver and his girtfnend 
sittirig nn a da^sd stupor tiit their 
vehicle IS placed back on the road 
Thie action is played against a 



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** It's not raalty the mcmth of 
pood conversiont, Is It? The 
furiky taaK tuno on tfm title 
■ovMn i» tMiarftbiA but 
unfortiinAi«ly tlva ganw 
doMn^ cotn* snywh«f« rwsr 
bi tarma of ptayabittty. TTw 
multllodd ts stranqety 
•nnoyirvg: in games Ikke CXtl 
Run, I could put up wtth It, tHit 
lor tome reaaon Gfyzor's 
ayatiain rasMy got on my 
nervet. The graphics era 
poor and badly cokauvMl wWi 
appaMng MlmMten, and the 

WiMH QMIW Styw D#COfTI41 

Mtrantely annoying, Gtyzor 
<• poor, bad vmM, «Kl 
un^ttractiv*: a geme t donl 
Hhi m ail. •■ 

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^kiystlck*: Cursor, Kemptstofi. 

Sindsur 

Qf^ihlpar poorly drawn and 

ammatad 

8ovitf:riwttlng ^28K Title lurw; 

poor tn-oame ejects 

OflnerarrBting; not It vim up to 

the arcade origtnaJ's high 

standards 



Pres^ntalJon 
Graptiics 
PlayabHrty 
Addictive qualities 
OVERALL 



5S% 
4«% 



oonsiarttiy clecreasing time limil, 
Falure to reach the nest 
diachpoint wJtNn the tuntl erids 
tfit amo, WTien a clieckpoirit is 
reodyKf one of two routes i9 
chosen, and the oext pari of the 
oowta loaded trom lape, ard 
axM time is ackted to 1t»e total so 
the player can progress. 

When the fifth course is 
complelad the qatns er»d3. 

(comments L 



Jeyatktka: Cur«or. Kampston, 

theindhriduaE 
am accurate^ drawn 
txjl jerky anrmatlon detracts 
from Ihis realism 
Soimd: Supefb 12eK renddion 
Of the arCMida tutas, the 4eK 
lacki such enhanceoiems 
Olittom: three iev«ta of 

OaiMral fitintF v4«ws werv 
qjfif between 'the best you 
could haw eKpectad ' and ' a 
poor iTwi«iaik3n ol a gr«ai 
arcadagame' 



Pt98«ntrtto{i 


77% 


QTBpNct 


71% 


PlayabilHiy 


75% 


Addictive qualities 


75% 


OVERALL 


72% 




PrcKJucer: Mirrorsoft 
Retail pnce: £9.95 
Authors: Blitter 

Animations 

Andy Capp. the flat-capped 
Northerner of Daily Mfmyr 
com^-9iriip fame, is once 
more Jn imaodal troiJble. H19 
preoous doie cheque has been 
stolen, and his ever lolerant wife 



On leaving hit house, our 
arttihefo firia NhUetf In the 
raiTMJiar surroundings of Ns 
meighboorhood. where he walks 
atong the merty streets, and enters 
unlocked buUdinj^ &u<^ as the 
piib, police stdion and aven the 
tocal Job Centre 

The Larcashife lad must rmdout 
w^N^ has stolen hia cheque by 
gathenrkg a* miuch mfcumaiion as 



NATHAN 



" I found it great tun to control Ar>dy« botetarout pursuit* and I 
was -soon going round clad In flat i>a|) and timcss, hghting wtth 
the iocal police and fent man, chjising after my girtfrtend and 
than <fcw < nif* g a law In tha local pub. The qr.iphics araJuatlHta 
ttHMa hi the comic atrip and realty cajriture iho wf>Q4e feel of 
And/a lifeatyte There are eome ttocartt sound etf acta and a^ an 
Andy Capp anthem when you die. 

The game Haeff li rather fiard: I found tsska such aa keeping 
trrg alcarrtater up and pAytng ttw rent quite diffteutt. I alao found 
it KM aatty to atrvy away from my quest to fight avervone In sight 
and chase numerous girhriends which prowed much more lunE 
Andy Capp stays in with the iighi-hearted nawsLpaper cartoon 
ami is sure to be a hit wtth fans of strips " 

77% 



FTo is demanding rrioney again. 
Antfy has a week m wtiich to 
retrieve his ctieque AND rase 
some money to keep Flo off his 
back. 



fie can from Itw characters he 
meets. Poor okl Andy needs a 
drop of Dutch courage before 
interrogalLog his friends though, 
so a visit to tfie local pub is the first 



JbymL 



" The graphics In An(^ Capp are ctear and wary well drawn wtth 
aonia gf'aat animation, {f you're used to ttie Tai-Pan>style layout 
you aratVt get lost, but avetvon'e else should indulge in a littla 
eartogrephy to en«ura rapid progress. Tha adventure- type 
actions DbvicRisly help the game but are a little confuairtg at firat; 
they do lake a bit of exploration to ^'t^cover th^ir capabilHiias. A 
wider range of speech arvd actions would push tha game to a 
higher playablllty rating, but this should entertain you for a 
while. " 



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Andy Capp I* quite a joMv 
QHfte. Thife iwi much 
to do but tar tha first haH hour 



or aoi if a quite onteftaming, 
Tha graphics are very good; I 
aap*dally Ukad tha fight 
aeqtMnce! Mlrrorsott'a 

varaion of the famous 
cartoon charactef' t* 
extremely accurate (I'm a 
keen Daiiy Mirror Ian) and It 
works wefl. That's net to say 
It's addictivs, fwwaver, since 
tha action is slow and 
bacomes llrasome after a 
While. I couldn't really 
recon^ntetMl Anc^ Capp, but 
i'm sure some pec^pla will 
enjoy It. What t want to know 
ia when aomeone's going to 
do Alax from The 
Independent. " 

71% 



order of the day, Andy's state of 
inobnation is constantly nnoritored 
by an aicomater* shown below 
ti^ mam screen, 

Actuaiiv getting mto a pub cart 
be difficult. Since tha rent mart 
fraqu«nilv waMa at Itia door to 
colted Afldy"* money. Theie are 
others who al$o grve Andy a hard 
tin^e, espeoaily the tocai bobby 
who knows that Andy is on his 
wanted list. 

If Andy fee^s that ab kidnidijal 
should be taught a laaaon. he can 
use the bc«lng gkwe toon at the 
txittom of tha screei^ to vi^ige in 
some gentlemanly Uaticuffs. 
Punoh-upa quichJy reduce his 
alcohol ievai, however, and a pub 
must tie f ouTKf taatl H he engages 
in too many rounds of boxing he 
car fir>d himself up tjefore the 
judge wtth a hefty line to pay. He 
must also he carefii! that in the 
scuffle, he doesn't lose his wallet. 

Such thlr>gs can only worsen 
Andy*4 *$K$ $^dHt. ^ to augment 
his acant fltMnoiMMburoas, Andy 
can take a dPiarce on picking Ihe 
wT^ner of the next horse race, and 
wiiha bit of hjok KTOunga aoma 
cash from the barmen or get away 
wfth Fto's hanctoag without fwr 
knowing, fl ^l el^ f^a^ils, he can 
always get e job! 



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COMMENTS 



Joyaticka; Cursor. K^A^MUfl, 

Smciair 

O ta pti eaJ cartoor>-typc 

characters and backgrounds, 

accurate 10 Reg Smyttie's 

onginai 

Sound: simple title tune and 

v«ry poor In-game eflects 

Gafwrat rallMt ptenty of 

appeal fot afl Andy's readers 



PrsMfitvtion 


65% 


QrafiMcs 


70% 


Pteyabitlty 


75% 


Addictive quatttiM 


73% 


OVERAU 


73% 



CRASH February 1 988 23 



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DYNAXBQNMISSIO 



Producer: Mastertrofitc 
Retail price: £1.99 
Authors: Paul Hargreaves 

Whon you jcKnod thee spac« 
forces, nobody said il 
would be k)he this, aui 
ten you «re on an alien spcee 
temb uying 10 ratnBvs •ight 
Dynstron Cores, These peaces are 
l^auglit wWi danBor. And you're 
QflhaliowGd ttire« Mves 

The al*n biases consist 0I high- 
tech charrtbers and undergroufid 
cavefns tfirough which you can 
run, [ump and duck, and you can 
JnoMse or reduce your power aa 



But It can be hard work Idoking 
few Dynatron Cores and your body 
knows It. An etoctrocardkigfaiTi 
(EGG) shows your heartbeat as it 
swrtches b«lween vkgo^ous 
activity and contemplatton of yoor 
next ntove. If itte beat rate gets too 
hio^ ytxi're m trouble. 

To (vovide some hetp or your 
heart-mumi^rtg qu^st there are 
iHdlng plaitonns that pass over 
(avfnes. ^ides ttiat move you bo 
fast they get you there befixe 
you've gone. Hght staH^ and 
bridges, and trarnpoUnea thai can 



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" Hmmmm, thia t've 
before. Dynatroo Mission 
looka arKl ptaya IHia ao many 
other budgei ptatform 
garri««, ertd rrankly II oXfmrm 
nothing rww. Stroiblg 
around the pratty graiplites 
iant iMTtkCLilarty comparing 
and Iknlno jumps carefully to 
dodga nasyaa lost i's appoal 
yeara ago. Tha prob<iem9 
mvolMd are quHe dtfficiitt. ao 
Dynatrofi Mlsakin may wal 
apcafll to hflrdafkad ptxibleni' 
aofveffl wn uwa a not mu^r 
h<»re to attrari^t anyofie who's 
a lre ad y Qoi a few game* e4 



irtcfaase y^ur jumping na^, 
Ftetracttng bridges can gKio you 
some assisianca. but must be 
used with the greatest of care. 

And you have to Keep a doae 
watd^ on it>e Strang world around 
you. because airborne aliens have 
a horrifyirtg touch that even a quick 
dab of TCP won't cure. So cuddle 
them at your peril. 

ThQH aiwi'i all the honors that 




Producer: Atlantis 
Retail price: £l.9S 



It's off to the Hnks ones' again, 
and your bag of duba hancp 
heavy on the caddy's shoulder 
- but that doesn't worry you. 
bacause you're about to ptay 
soma great golf . 

Two courses are avaMabie to 
you, Lythafn and Royal 
St George's. On each you can 
decide whathef to play a s»ngie 
round, or a four-fourid pro 
cttampionsltil} Sjiainst up to 17 
players. TTw prevailing weatnef 
atwl pround conditiorw can ba uft. 
or gtven a ra/Mlodi etomant. Trie 
wind speed and dlrectlGn are 
vrtally important, as both can 
sanously affect the flighi of tf>e 
ball. 

At each hote you can salact one 
of 1 3 dubs. Quo seiectkin is made 
wHh regard to how the bail «s lying, 
on what type of surface (fainway, 
b^jnker. roughil. btkI tiow far it 
needatooeNrt, 

Tfie ^rangth ol the swing is 
another vanabte. There is also ttie 
possitxifty lor Oackapinning. 

Once tne bafi has bean hit on to 
the green, the putter Is 
automat ically selected as thie 
appropriate dub, but you still have 
to determine the duiecttor arid 
Strength of the sriot. Thts time the 
alcfie may be the problem. 

24 CRASH February 1986 



As wffih an 9oif courses, there 
are hazards Uiasand bunkers, and 
on these couTHss in (he game there 
ara water traps ar^ soma areas 
which are out of bounds, ff you gel 
stuck jn on© oi these, only oartain 
ck^s m^iy be used to get you out 
and back in the contest. 



await, either - laser beams can 
3lk« your oarcasG neater than a 
DewtxjTSt butcfier, and hydraulic 
pistons flatten you very effectively. 
When you iSOllecl on© of tfw 
Cores, a Oefsnce system is 
automaticaJly triggerad and a 
timer begins a ooWtdown. The 
alien corrplex muai b« Itft be^»a 
tfkks raachas zero or your body 
particles wit! be npped asunder. 
So gel cracking, and collecting ttw 
other seven. 



MS tht baat ones 




/ cmriciSM I 



• *' Thar© have been dozens ol 
goH games rataassd overthe yeai^ 
espec^ty twdoat onaa. Bui Pm 
Gott tl seems to have taken 
features from lots of versions and 
put them all to^ett^er 10 prot^joaa 
very v^l pre'sented and ptoyabia 
game. The great thing abotri this 
golf game ts its so easy to play and 
understand what's ocMog on even 
with its stckanlngly bright 
cdotffs. " 

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bH similar to 
Maaterironic ganM,Univ«rsal 
Haro - soni>athlt>g llahy therst 
Byt avan ft you already own 
Untvarsst Ksro you'll And this 
■ faritaatk; game ar>d be 
addfeted In a aac ond. It's futi 
Of nHHan ajibasi auch as tfia 
apaoafnaft*^ haaiiliaai, and 
wM aramavad sa<|iiawca al 
the at»t. l>ynatron Mission ks 
bmi, ao get mapping ft! " 



^JcomiENTsL^ 

Joysticks^ Cursor. Kempeton. 
Sinclair 

GrapMoK inMcaielv dstaitsd 
with Hberaf use of colour 
Soumft: tfta odd spot affect 
OfrtlooK deRnabla keys 
Qanaral rettngt an anK>yal>ie 
and involving game, but much 
like the othiera In its genre 



Presentation 71% 

Graphics 77% 

Plavabiiity 66% 

Additive qua! Hie? 67% 

OVESAUL 71% 



• " Pro GoK 11 is bwlSeHoiNly 
bad. TTw grapfdca ar* dNrofAc, 
tf*e gamsplay is worse, " 
MJti a% 



• " 7?wv's no (baubt /about It if 
you t^'t know everything tigr»i9 
to know about gotf you want 
undersiand, iet atone Uhs, Pro Gotf 
'/, Rather too much has beeni 
crammed into thaa&aan and I find 
the same probtam as wKh 9oif on 
TV: the ball diaappaers becatna H 
IS so smafl and the UKfcground so 
fuiicy. Aiiamts sal then^elves a 
hiard test tJ^ng to tum golf to the 
computer and they (ailed, 
miserably, " 



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Opfttons: ctwnptonahip or medal 

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Authors: Beam Software 

Il's not easy being a $upeitkero. 
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attract attentiofi to yoursisif and 
have to b^t off admirers, 
Undorwear Man is one such 
cnoader - but unfortunately Ue 
takes things a bit too sarioiisiy and 
attacks anyone that comes near 

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The player takes control of UM 
and battles hctrdes of weifd and 
worderlu! characters, indivKJually 
St first, ajTKl then jn groups on 
higtl^ levels UM isn't exactiy 
defencaiass, and has an array erf 
sirnpte kicl^s arid punches, and 
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d€»adly ear tweak* 

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opponent draws near. As the 



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P' Comic strip: Meiboume Hour's Sffeet Hssiie Starj IkKterwuf Min 



7 PAUL L 




" Street Hassle boasts soma lovaty csitoon -style graphic^ aitd 
has pienty of playa bil^ to t>ac k them up. It a Iso hea a great S4ra« 
ot humour, making it far more fun than regular cornet ganws. 
The charactefs era great, such 3s the q| d g ranny who alta«ks you 
with Htr umbralte arMf th« vicmus litti? i^tog which comes ftyino** 
you - but the twBt has just get l d be the huge goritla wtw thfowa 
bafia4i^ m Marti m iww arf u l punchs^. if you enjoy beat 'em upa 
and tmtm a good mnm of humour - go for Street Ha&sie *' 

71% 



combat ensues, bioth bars 
diminish according to contact 
rnade betweeni the two parties, 
Should UM's anargy disappear 
completely, he kMes one of thte 



thj-ee lives. 

Lost energy Is replenished by 
catching the winged hearts lh»at 
are penodicaiiy released by a 
midget in a trench c^jat. Care 



Jmick L 



" Anottier beat 'em up hlta<fi« atraatl Sti«at Hassle la a really bad 
tnftuence to aU those Impfiaalonable young peepla out there. 
Head tjutting little old granniaa, kneeing blind men and explcxjing 
overweight people are ail (n this game (how corrupting! j. The 
graphics are excellently drawn. artdttM animation is detalied and 
smooth. The only drawback la tfw muttfload which forces you to 
wait around. Stilf, Siree! Hassbe Is worth a took - ff you can stand 
lh« hassle of going down the street to buy It! " 




SCRUPLES 



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pTOdiiCer: Virgin Games 
Retail price: E9.95 cassette. 
Authors: Sentient Software, 
board game 

Scrufii^ is the latest in a long 
line of board games to be 
translated to the Spectrum, 
and requires the players toariswer 
awkward and often antmrrassing 
quaattons. 

Iha game is played by three to 
tan human or c^omputar'Controlled 
^mwSj wit heag t ptayw having a 
dMfefint chafsctar make-up- 
Human pitaywit chooee their own 
jpeiaonalities. and If the computer 
plays, rt decides lor itself what sort 
of a person it is. Each player 
chooses a face from tfw ten 
provkled, wt^ch is displayed naxt 
to the board, and the action 
beoins. 

Each player ttea from three to 
flive question cards, and answer 
Cauda wrth 'yes', 'no' and 
'depends' on them. The bottom of 
the screen prowJes prompts for 
asking cfoeiftkins ar>d cfialkHiging 
answers. 

26 CRASH Febmary 1 988 



£14.95 disk 

fronn a Milton Bradlsy 



J NICK L 



" I haven't played the board 
game, but if it's anything Hka 
tf>a compirtar gaina, It must 
iM pretty good. The graphics 
are excellent with very neat 
playing cards and people 
with different axpressioni on 
tfwif faces. There wn 
cfweffiii jingles and turtes 
played throughout the game, 
adding ttial extra 'Je ne sail 
qruoi'. Arwwaring ttw ratftar 
embarrasalnig questiofia ta a 
lot of fun too - afthoui^ I dNI 
find it a lit^ dun whan 
piajflng wHh computer 
opponents ^ they're just too 
tr^uman! Scruples is an 
excellent corrversion of ttie 
board garnet whk^h should 
definitely be ptayed in a 
group! " 

73% 



JbymL 



** Certatnly a game (o sit down to with a gang of frlemfs ^a long 
winter eventng of self-generated entertainment However, I 
much prafsr the board game » it bringa out tha tma'character in 
paopta by the way they answer, as opposed to setting the 
characteristics with the computer, Live^ detiates don't occur 
between computer opponents - it's far more fun playing vdth a 
ceupla or group of humans. Try it for family playtoig. '* 

79% 



J PAUL L 



" Putting the electronic elemant into Scnjptes haarartly kllad Hw 
boani game. It's not as n^uch fun knowing wtwi tf» computer 
thirtka, compared to aaalng tither people cringe et tfieir own 
ariawara. Tfw Jmplementatton is sound » but the game doesn't 
project ftsetf enough for any 'real' fun. I doubi very muchwt>e1her 
players of the Scrupkes txiardi game will find much fun In ^h» 
computer version - I know i didnl " 



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J MIKE L 



**SiraM Has^ to • rwaUy 
wicked game! The graphics 
■r« highly amusing, ar>d the 
gamapitay htm mon depth 
than mo«t fifth* tmH '•m vps 
■"v* playad, Tha main 
alwTwnt ii humour, with 
plenty of Isughs as Hw haro 
twttlaa a larlaa of wtucky 
eharaetan vwHh his ananal 
of MMn whacklaf moves! A 
bl<BMt laugh, tUghtty 
1ac:IUnfl stayffig powar, tnit 
fun n{in«lhaliass. " 

73% 



shoukJ be takftfi. however, atrtc« 
CM1 highef levels this <:lt£tractdr also 
rtfis oui bonnbs, end uniess UM 
swiftiy ios$e$ it off screeti he Joses 
ancither Lile. it's cenalrt^ all go in 
Meitx>ume these days . . , 

^COMMENTS L 



JovstichsSinciair. 
Kampston. Ct^reor 
OiUp W c a ; toge and cteverty 
antmaied graphics wtth 
effactiu« baOHgrDyrKto 
8(MNMl: more boll are) blow 
effects 

OanmN rgUno; ft tieat efn up 
with plenty d vahatior wH a 
Pyihonasque s«tnse of humour 



Presentation 79% 

Graphic* 80% 

Play ability 81 % 

Add icti ve q ua lities 78% 

OVERALL 76% 



If a player thinks triat another 
pisyer's answer to a ^uest»or is 
ulcorrect, he may chaHenge, and 
ihe oih«f players vote on whether 
ttse chaKflTfle es to be accepted or 
not. The penotty for lading a 
challenge ■& ar extra queistion 
card. Since th« obfective i$ to oet 
nd of alf the question cards, this 
isn't dettrabta - so tie honest . . 
ewrt if ydu have to embarfass 
yOMtselfl 



I COMMENTS L 

Joyttieks: Cursor. Kempston, 
Sindar 

QrafMcK piain^ but effective 
Sound: rtaeonatoie tunra and 
ingles are played throughom 
OpikMia; three toten human or 
oomputer<ontion«d players 
Qtrtlffal rttlng: a good 
InlarpretatkMi ol the board 
game whK^h wortts best when 
played ki a ^Qup 



Ptayabinty 
Addictive qt^itieSi 
OVEftALL 



7S% 
71% 
Tl% 



CALIFORNIA GAMES 



Producer US Gold 
Retail price: £8,99 
AuthOfB: Epyx 

This Eateat Epyx sports 
simuiauor ^v9S piByers the 
chance to cotnpeie in sik 
radical rte^v games under the 
sweHerinrg Catiioniian sun, 

tn half- pipe skateboarding, the 
player performs as rrwiy stunts^ 
po33A}le. Points ve awarded for 
the ditficutty of stunts attempted. 
and the hrghesi score wins. Three 
fails sjgnals the Stan of thie next 
event ~ the foot tiag. or hackysoc^ . 

Here, I he player keeps a small 
bean tyag in tf»air by kri:ktr»g *t or 
bouncing It oH head and 
shoulders, Each successful 
manoeuvre earns points, and a 
vahad suooession of kicks ts even 
more huNfUI. Agao^, thie hiighest 
total wms. 

Sulinig appears next, and the 
5iji1& moves backwards and 
forwards ak}ng the face ot the 
w.tve, keeping ctoee to da 'cur)' to 
gam maximum points. Points are 
■i^SO awwfded for th« speed and 
iertgth of rids, and for the numher 
of diffKiuti manoeuvres 

accomphshad. Four ^pecK-cts 
signals a premature end to ttie 
contest. 

Next, Ai back on land )or the 
roHar#catJng avant. v^ich lakes 
place atonq a seafront sidewalk. 
The course 13 completed within the 
time Itmit, and F>olnts are earned 
lor spins and Jumps. 

Three fsils maHts 

disqualificMlon end the start of ttie 
penultimate event, whch sees the 
player perched on a BMX racing 
bike about lo set off across a 
hazardous deserl course- The 
winner fmisties ttw course m the 
fastest time, with extra points 
being earned tiv performir>g stunts 
aJong 1 he way . Two minot falls ere 
allowed dunrfg the coorse, t>ut one 
' serious' mishap ends the event. 

The final sport features the 
Flying Dish [or Fnsttee), with ttvee 
attempts m which to throw itw 




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cif cutar disk to a waltino catcher. 
The ihf ow IS made by Mtfing ttte 
speed and angle of trajectory and 
control moves to the catchet who 
i:s directed to grab the disk as i\ 
fUes past. Pomis afe awarded for 
the length of throw and the degree 
of alhtelicism accompanymg the 
catch 



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CRtTICfSM 



1 



# " CalJfomla Qam«* H a real 
disappotntment. Whether or not 
It's because the Spectrum simply 
Isn't up to a garrw of this 
complexity, or because the 
programmers have skimped on 
this version I'm rKit Sure - but it 
certainly isn't up to the standard 
I'd ekpeci. The graphics are poo* 
on most, if not all thie events , and 
playability is sadly lacking 
throughiout. The final nail in tt^ 
coffin IS the high pnce tag 
California Qamaa is a major 
misiake - don't buy it. " 




• " I thought tt>a whole point o>f 
rmjHHoada was that t>y 
s>ectioning tlve gam* i^, mora 
memory couki t>e tMiMl on Aach 
vve^t- 1*erhep8 I'm wror*Ot It 
c«nainly doesn't s«em to be the 
case with CHilifomi^ Gnmies. You 
hav$ to wait 10T each event to 
load in - and when you get there 
It |ust doesn't seemi to have been 
worth iL The graphics and 
gameplay seem to hear no 
connection with the Kupposedly 
high Epyx pedigree. Oennttety 
not recomn^nded. " 

41% 



• " California Oames is a total 
wttsfe of tinw and money. The 
graphics ofe (lisfnal. the coiour is 
pathgfic tntf the sound - what 
sound?. You have t9 toad and w- 
toad atr the vv«nts. and once 
COTTpMacf raj hpw to starf Ail 
over tgalfu T7m acfoen >s so 
Qfuffamd with stray attntjute 
protktms thai si often looks as 
though the gome f>as crashed'.' i'd 
steer weif cleat ot thts, " 



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COMMENTS 



1 



JoYvticka: Cursor, Kempston, 

Sinclair 

Oraphica: lacking m cokxtr and 

detail 

SwjAd: disappoihtiogiy sparse 

Optk>ii«; to piay/practice one or 

all the events 

GeflacaU raittnst the poorest Epyx 

release yal^ lacking piayabiiity and 

addictivaneas 




CRASH February 19SQ 27 




COMB A T ZONE 



Producer: Att^tmatrve Software 

Retait price; £1.99 



Cotonel Merlor, ace of air 
Bces, has tseen ordfired out 
of retiremeni to combai an 
enefTiy thfeat. Suetdiing out his 
artnrrtfc limbs the old, bold Coknol 
goes to wotk, flytng over aJian 
lemtory. 
As 1^ moves onward, with the 



landscape scrolling vertk;alty 

beneath tiim, I he fighter pilot 
e-ncouniers. hofdes of enemy cratt 
intent upon shooting him down. 
The Colonel's fighter is equipped 



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wrth a basic blaster, aimed wrth a 
cursof, which can laKe out these 
irrriating machines. For greater 
destructive power. Menior can 
er»«o» bombs which can deslroy 
pulsiT^ enemy ground 

installations. 

This arsenaf can further be 
tncreased jf an enemy Supply Sh^p 
a. captured by rufifiing Into it. 
When Mentor does tWs. a hyper 
bomb becomes available. When 
the hypef bomb is detonated ti 
deain:^ ell enemy r^ghters in Ks 
vSoWty. 

But the fighter's fuel and the 
Colonel's lives are limited -ttits okJ 
sokjier doesn't just fade away. 



# " Comtiat Zone Is enough to 
pirt anyone off shoot -'«m-ups 
for life. The scroEling i s very sf&w 
and there's rto evidence of 
sound. The sight used to aim is 
no help whatsoever, and nether 
is tfw optional cheat rnode - 
because the Into lerable game i« 
tawjf afiougti anyway! " 
lATMl 21% 



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• " Yet more' vertically- scfOlNng 
sty»t-'em-ups . . . this one has 
cramped graphKS, sma^. ieri^y. 
OOtOuHess and hard to disttnguish 
from the ground. Good points are; 
no vile colours, and a useful aiming 
devioe. " 



ioyetictce: r>orw 

Graphic*: cfampted andomfused 
Sound: unirleresting 
Options: cheat mode 
G«n«ral rotingi a poor 
monochrome shoot ■ 'em-up 




I SUPER STUNTMAN / 



Producer: Code Msslers 
Retai^ price: £1.99 
Author: P Willi am &on 

A a an amazingly eompeterrl 
stunt man. you have to steer 
a car over a vertically 
flCrdling Course covered in roCky 
outcropis and cacti, and jump hver 
ravines by using ramps as you 
progress across the landscape. 

Ine route is also hampered by 
the appearance of oth^ vefvides 
wlljch altempt to run thie car df tfie 
road - these are awrttly removed 
by using the vehk^'s forward- 
firinq blasters. 



> Back to basics: Code Mattais's Supv Stimbnait It a nwtMoon Spy Hioitet **> 



Collision wi" ■'! feature 

and vehicles n ■nts wNsh 

are indicated on the damage 
monitof at the lop of the screen. 
Too much damage effecilve*y 
writes off the caj", arid there are 
only three with which to compiete 
the stunt. 

On reaching the river, tt>e car is 
replaced by a speedtioat which is 
used to negotiaie the isi^nds and 
waterways. Oppostfig traffic is 
again encountered aha (kiaH wtth 
in a stnvitar fashicn;. 



J PAUL L 



** Spy Hunter retuma - wi«ll« alnftost The cars, sound, piayabliity 
artd backdrop4 are all bhelow at^ndarcl, b-ut what shocks mo most 
about Sup^T StunErnsn Is how basic and old-fashioned the game 
is. Nothing In it is parliculairly wail done - thw graphics »re very 
simfriy animaitaitf, tna •ffeda aound mor« like something i>ut of a 
Gaiger counterliwn a computer gam« end the coHWon <£eieciion 
just lias to b« saan (or not seen should t aaiy) to b« believed. 
Somaittiing else that caugftt mv attention was the feci thai you 
retain the car's damage indicator whwi ataaring the boat! 
Whara'a aN that Code Masters ftair gorwT '* 





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IbymL 



" Yo«'«» bettef haw* a 
photographic rrvemory If you 
want to gel through this orie 
as knovmig what's about to 
appear It vitvl if you want to 
stay in one piece. The car's 
alow reeponvB can b* 
winoying, but stilt adds to the 
•xcitMTienl of tNs Nigh- 
^Mod driving game. The 
graphics are pretty docanl, 
with some tasteful colours, 
and whll* the danrwua 
monitor Is a good idea, H 
remains falrlv superfluouat 
Qlve it a try if you're Into 
violerrt rsctng, " 



ioystielw 0.moi. Kempaton, 

Sinclair 

Graphical: boih stages tiswe 

clei^ defined character 

biodiis 

Sound: grtfKfing tilla tune with 

3eigar counter spot etfects 

Opoons: define Iteys 

Oenenri rating: average ^jy 

Hynlftr clone which provldoa a 

Ihfid or tw0' 



Presentation 


73% 


Graphics 


57% 


Playabiiity 


48% 


Addictive qualities 


61% 


OVERALL 


53% 



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ma^irvme. 

What does it matter that the 
solution to Sveryons's A Wsify is 
given away . ttiat arcade 
adventures appear in an 
adventure chart, that games are 
not given a percentage rattng (or 
sound or that Ate^Oir^ ia not 
Smashed? To soma young oeopJe 
it matters one heil of a m. tha 
Spectrum <s mora ttian a toy - It, 
iikaCfUSH becomeaa wayof life. 
It's esci^ism. it $M* a lad up 
mind a reasc<^ to Ihfe - ((ke a drug 
if you Hka. You'vagoi rwgirtfiherw]. 
no money and mum ano dad are 
always on your back but you can 
i(lc)«: hell out ol a (ew Ninjas and 
5sbre-toothed ores, tt whiles away 
those cold, dreary kmaiy nights by 
send^ you olf to the forest d 
Orevns in the Land of Midnight, 
Af«r Afaes Castfe or whatever 
tickles your fancy, 

Irt-depth reviews, a superb 
Hotline Chart, comprehensive 
playing tips, great competitions, 
catering for mtnonty tastes bk^ 
educational programs and PBM. 
Tve read the Terminal Man over 
and over ogatn, loved Qxpioring 
the game maps (th>e onginal Jet 
S^ Willy map set new standards 
in playing tips and I won't ever 
forget the perfect Kmght Lore 
drawing} ivid wtti never forget the 
ttinil when I flr^t got a letter 
publlshad in the magwdM. 
<ncred^t}ly trendy sarcawn or 
pretend rantasy wrttsrskAt do not 
wcrtt. so I'm so glad CRASH has 
stuck to good old homely 
Srewtf er. Stone. Kaart and 
Marjoram -to a reader Utta ma you 
lot begin to get a fcrit lite soap 
opera people rather than real 
person up in the placei called 
Ludlow only tamous for Its Sal«i 
Park really. 

WeH. now that I 've flattered the 
kJt of you and thanked you ever so 
iundly. I'd Nka to p raae nt these 
amazing statistics teased on (he 
CRASH Hoilm^ tor issues 1 - 

4a... 

IhAoet laeuMi at Numt»r One 
(ganwet 

1 QaunttBtVS Gold 
a (and still there) 

2 Sabre Irt^Ultimata ... 6 

3 Commaneb Elite 5 

Most isauee at Number One 
{producarai 

1- Ultimata and EUte 

I0{3samaseoeh) 

aUSQold a {2 games) 

4 Softwan Preiilecti 
6(2 games} 

Moat games k\ (he Top Three 
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4 
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Meet laauaa at Hunvber One in 
Adventure Chart (gemes) 

1 HsBvyOnTTieMagKA 
(Gsngoyie t5»TW9) ... 10 

2 7?k9 Ho46<f (MeltKSurr^ 
House) ... 5 (and sttH there) 
3= Ooonxkak's Ravange 
(BeycMXll]i and 

lord Of The Rings 
(Metbourme House) 4 

Most issues at Numbier One in 
Adventure Chart (pcoducacs) 

1 Gargoyle Cerrws 
.»...,.....„.».> 12 (3 garms} 

3 Matt»ume Hoia 
<*mtm.nnm<jM T1 (3 gainat) 

3 BayofMl .».. 9 (3 gamas) 

4 Laval g »„„ S (4 Bamaaji 



Personally, I find (his makes 
quite tnteraaiing reading. If 
anytMdy wants (o krkow who's 
had moat Number 0»ea Qfi 
aAhar chart I'll say that eveiy 

Broducer with more than one 
wntier One doiH appear in 
a«ch 'Most lasuas at No 1 t»y 
producer' chert, lo if you 
uiKlaratMtd what I'm saylrM you 
can work K out for yowven. 
Yours CRASH-raadlni^, 
Mlka Roborts,^ Okahampton» 
Devon 



PS Do you realise M's 3yeflfB8irtce 
Ultimate reiaased Hnighi Lofaf 
tAx*nwjrt*e. THREE YEAHSl 
How time flies. I don't know! 



Rtsger K^m, Who movm from 
stibi^ci to suUect and is abouf to 
move io £he Philippines for htnf 
weekSf oromiass rna he's 0^ 
somo Mttalv ktto on vmaT 
Hmmm^'a iNNkt ^ohg SiNCe 
Knight tjore and Undarwurkle - 
coming soon. In (he meantime^ 
can see Rotfin ana f an going to 
arguo ovgr who gets tohe FrsddBe 
Mofcuiy and who's ten ^ush - but 
thanfas /oryourcompenisons Mika. 
TTie £^>iM;tnjr» does oaooniaa way 
ofttfB, a$yov8ay, tticugh whgffmt 
that's mt mHr9fy AeaWy ffihg I 
don't kno». Cfhgrg musf be mora 
to Hie than thts . . . t And yout latti 
pamgraph bahngs on a pvala 
paga,90trytl^<)na:it49i&uosc^ 
CRASH oach measured 2 lOan by 
SOOart Aid thom ware 66 lirws ot 
8-ptmt tdxt on aach tine wrfttan by 
astaffic^fivainthfaawaatiaflatorf 
a daaia that's aot big moog/h, 
ahonki Match Day hava bean a 
Smaah? 
LM 



30 CRASH Februa^ 1988 



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UPGRADING 
UPBRAIDING 

DearUoyd. 

HAttu read Jaitsthan Khan'e 
Mtw (Tsttjs 46) it toofts Nice you did 
no research for your rtfjiy. Advfea 
wastobuy a +2 asmore bMs wim 
neadod a bouglUt an Atari- What 
b(ta7 Cornxre. 
+2 £139, buHt m DaiacwAsr 
+3 £199, buirt m dfcak drivo 
Atari 530 STFM C299 txiitt in 
dsfc (»tve and lead f or IV 

The uiwt aiSO statad ihat 6 free 
games cprrw with Ihe 'i'2and *■ 
Z WH Smuh t9 givR>g_away 6 free 
ganias with thaSSO St. IMiat mcNV 
6»ft do you naadT? Alao, the +2. 
•» 3 and 48K macNnes that page 
itVQut different memory paoes. 
The 120 ST IS 51 2K ail eeceaaisle. 
Simon N Goodwin (pi 43 l»ue 
4S) &aya that the ST is a disposabte 
rnaeh&w? Al £298 diapoaabier^ 
Atao that (^mea are Just prettiar 
var^ons of 8 bit garfiea. I figne 
Itiat ai the inoinefil a lot o4 Bie 
9Brna9 are upgradea of 8 bM onaa 
tMJt ihey are much twtter than the 
Spectmrn ones. In QFL 

Spectrum the liriemen can't be 
seen indiwidiMlly. tt ka lust a whole 
mess ckje to cofour ctasheell The 
Atan version^ ts much more dear 
with ofve team in red and one Wi 
bkie. No colour cteshee. 

Once the salae of the ST riaa. 
better gamea wHI be released 
using Ae 16 b4t chip to Its full 
Remen^ier wvhan tlie 1 SK 
Specinim appearad ^w flTM 
games were upgradkss of ZXS 1 



The Spectrum is now en anaent 
cowpkMt and Hw qMaity ^ ^*^ 
gvnee wM not Hnpf ova. 1 € bH 
computers are r>ow 'the' 
comfMjftsrs, The AmiQa arvd ST are 
similar to QwC&fwidttw 
Spectrum, One has batter aourvl 
and anpMes but the ottier is 
sjbrtsnciaiy chaagar. Mora 
paopla wW t9uy the ST iqr the «jme 
raMona more paopts tiought the 
Spad^urt As salaa IncfBase so 
tm qM^Wy o4 software until the 
6Q0Q0 processor is pLlS^ked to its 
urrits asDw ZBO has tteen pushed. 

Don't be short'Sit^'iied Uoyd. 
oal mtoarrnQaziiia that deela with 
1 8*tilt odmpularai 
Harwy Qhaoaa^ uiaa^ow 

f hate ro pu« a £nj^m orii^EK/ Henry, 
bul tha appotaa of ahart-aigMaei 
« knt^iigtmci. Ttm hypmipic 

th9mKlhtfhtirnQ$»-andtherg's 
no sense abendiixring the 
^^ectrum now when ths 
samOards of t^-bit games (frj 
grspf]»Ga, patttaJariy} are t^enng 
down fo the 84iH proorammera, 
The STa a (Irte maetme (I'm an 
Imped tan as flso pnobabiy 
gue$s0d i^ month} txjit the 
qurtfy of Sipectrum gmtaa Is 
imptovifiQ - kxik st thenumbarot 



tiigh SmaslMis we W had tatefy - 
and the afgument that it's 
'andatn* is a non^artar. Th9 
'fateet' te^tftotogy is ^way$ 
ttvpad and it's very easy to be a 
wHtn of faftioi^. 
LM 



PRAISE FOR THE 
MULTIFACE 3 



Dear Uoyd, 

Afew months ago I bought a +3. 
Wherv I opened the boK Ifound 
there was no cassette lead so I 
looked In the manuai and tt told me 
thatloouldgel a BtJitablecasaeftte 
lead qi^ aaaiy. 1 went to our k)cai 
Dteons and asked for one They 
didn't know anyltiiosf about it so i 
linaity etwiad up v^ittng every 
elet^trioBl sttop in Abery^wylh 

illy ono shop told me that 

' • lead existed and it wotid 

coat a frvw for tfnem to maite one. 
I shelled out a river and when I tried 
to plug It In. the plug woul^'l fit, I 
had to cut nwst of the rubber 
potective casing off |tiej8d< 
beldre it woii>ld fit. 

My problems didn't end there - 
I had written programs of my own 
on my okj 12SK Speccy and I had 
10 piug my +3 up to my MIOt 
ayitanv with tooe and volume et full 
blast to load them. 

Then a eoupte □# months ago I 
etuted sut>a^4ption to CRA^ 
arKJ s»v a fMWMw of the MuMface 
3. You made it ktek so good ( 
bought one and have found that a 
4 3 and a Multifa(» 3 are a briiu»n 
team. I would ooi recommend 
buying a *3 without buying a 
Multlt8<»3too. 

I have also found that ff ytxj 
erase and raaarm tNoga on disk 
tlia dMt gate oorruMBd after s kn 
of use and regular formatting is 



N«il ' The Computeii $#d Rockei" 
HumpfMaiya, Ab«ry*twyiti 

Yoii may be the oo a i p uta ii aa xi 

focAeft>utittgr9*8ontyoneFimlsMe 

Merzsury. 

LM 



ON THE 
SCREAM 



Dear Uoyd. 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGG 
HHHr"iriifi|!i ^kJW you may (or may 
Dot) be wonderirtg why stx^-i a 
strange expression of feeling 



starts Ihts latter WsH, the wierd 
combinatii»^ of letters arid 
pundutf ion brings across nry 
fiseliog towards Ofw of your staff . I 
am fed up wAh Mica Dunn wtittng 
every issue that every screen 
prinud gets a full colbtr frwned 
arxj mounted screen dump 
courtesy of Rainbird, 

This momh (Issue 4S| he wrote 
how his extra room would tie pst 
\he 'usual barafaced editorial lie'. 
Who is he to talk about lyino? I 
don't know about otfier On The 
Screen aftlsts, but I have had two 
scieens prfrviad, one in tsKje 45 
COctobsf)^ and one ra for back jm 
Issue 43 (Augusl), but have had no 
sign of any screen dump. In issue 
46, wa ware io(d 'don't despair. 
Hainbld's Clare Edgeiey is on the 
case.' 

I f^ve ahaedy wrtttan^ twice to 
Mike 0. and once to the Fomm, bm 
havettsdnorapty. Piassecanyou 
^ tai ma, and many ott>ar people 
trying to gel the promisad dun^. 
why ihey are not fortticomirtg, and 
wfien they will be? 

I also fwve a couple of 
comptoinla to make: Wfw is ft that 
you are always OOmp^nuig about 
UKk of space, and than you wsaia 



if ail by putting a Christmas logo 
right in the middte of your Forum? 
I'd jtAt Hha to sffy wea dor« for 
the masalva amount of ptjA^ouiain 
the Ovfatmas Special, the CRASH 
history, the 3-D bits, ttie oondse 
reviews, the exckjstve p reviews, 
the excellant tipe, the good 
covers, Ihe arcade ra^news. tfw 
CIWSM nmpler. the (»*» 
scraansihots, the runierous 
competittons and the greel 
feaiur^; need I say more? CRASH 
is sUi the best. 
Mark Otway, Shapparten, 



We ere very awarv of the On The 
Scraen prabiems and ere 
geovinefyaying to soft them out - 
to behooeatperhape ttrere's more 
admininstration invotvett than 
we'd planned for, which is virhy 
fhtpigs have been moving slowfy. 
Just keep on ha^Ukig kme D and 
you'lfg^thfoi^Nafmidisfiongs 
aventuafy. Lack of apeea is a 
jfkjrv?^ IMig - tfiens'a never enough 
space tofaSthe diffefent artdee 
you want to print bul then thara'a 
alwmmtiKtae few inches too mush 
fofmeonesyoaendtjp>t^iN 
LM 



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Oaar Lloyd, 

As an Amencan siayine with my 
perYi>Bl on a brief vttH toyoir 
courrtry rm not Miy iustlffM to 
take part In your Fonjm J ha ve only 
seen tt>e last two issues of CRASH 
and am not. to be hoAest very 



knowledgMbleofi the awe of 
Spearum softwaia. H(W«ver, i 
Ehought you migin appredtfte a 
dtfferent perapective- 

In ganwal, t wu pleasantly 
surpi^HMtl by ^ BrHlsh soilware 
ftHMtry. Sure, most of my friends 
tmm 1 MHt micros, and o<jr 
a^tw«^ according^ rnofQ 

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graptucs^ but I mw botove that m 
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older micnw U<e the Spectrum, the 
human factor is somewhat 
lacUnQ. The homeHoess' Of the 
Spectoim seems (o have creeled 
a fmendly, human atmosphere with 
friendly nvairy and progfamnters 
who seem Utce taai people . CRASH 
retlects this atmo^here, with its 
joJiey few^hs (owsrds other 
magazinw lilto CAUC? and Siinciair 
i/MT {wtiich. as far aa I pan judge 
Irom soeinQ a few i^su^s, come 
across as tacky, amateur 
knKatiorn of the New^tielid 
magazines), I think ydu have 
acHwvad a very good balanca 
Iwlwaen pnTf easKinal and 
informaltty. CRASH with ita firtany 
iiiustratiana, colourful appawance 
and godd ^^ut looks neither too 
slncfiy ordered nor atoppy fflxl 
unprofftsaional. Hpwavar (it had to 
come) the human element I 
pmtsed above has resutted in what 
I feetare human eitors, I hopevou 
wiit taike these pomts =ir^ the spoit of 
corkstructN>e onttcism in wtiich 
they are off ered- 

RiBtly, the feature caned Run N 
Again last month prawrilad eight 
games with little in (Xkmmon speri 
from the f set thai they aH featured 
tomeihira witti two or more 
whtala. Now, l have been well 
Inforrned on thi^s arsd I cannot see 
anya>or»ct»on between TiirCio 
^spril Paptfboy, Enduto Ascar 
and Gfidir iRitlBr. One is a 'cocitpit ' 
view gsffw about drug daalors. 
orte is a humoraus srcada game, 
one le an isometric game (ebout a 
hangiklBr, for God's sake), and the 
last6as to alqhi t ofwafdmotort>fta 
raoer. Nelthar ttie graphics, the 
gameplay or the soerwlos have 
anything irt corraixvK and to call 
them aji race gamee' seemed to 
be stretching vm genre s little. 
Why not group together games 
with the same style gameplay, lor 
Instan^games baaed afmjr>d the 
Namems theme, or Bf^akout 
games? 

My second compiaJm is siwirt 
IfvQ 'fan^rw' in yoia Ciirlstmas 
issue. This sterns a complete 
waste of lime and space to me, 
and performed no task except for 
providing sii peppte with a space 
in CRASH, artd even ttieir names 
had a sprnawtiBl fictiorkel ring 
(Berths Brie? Andres Whrtham- 
Smyttw'') Moreover, tfie content 
was bland and unintereatirtg, 
reviewing gartkl$ aiready 
adequataty Cdwwad b CRASH 
The black end white screen dumps 
were unattiactiva after ihe colour 



pk^ms of the nnatn magazine, 
and I'm afMd t can't see how thts 
codd help any budding fanzine 
editor: ho w marry of Iham havet he 
equipment to dump scrans from 
gamee VKl insert tfiem into tSKt as 
you did? You call thw computers 
you used ■ cti^p ' bin the Amstrad 
PCWSase costs £400 ^ last time 
I {ookad- All in all CrurKii came 
across as a ^oke, end a pretty poor 
one considering that rrvsny people 
are struggling io sell tt'Mtr own, 
pTDbably Tar inore intelligeinl and 
witty, fanzines without the help of 
expensive equipmerFl. One final 
pojrrt: If this ts a orm-oH^ why the 
armouncemefil thai you CAN 
haH« YOUI^ say ki the mag'? 

FinaNy, your Forum itselT. In my 
optTMiri. a few ahort Ughtweighi 
Wnaia ara asaar tti al ha Itaep me 
latten pagea anioyabie to r^, 
but in me Issues i have seerr a 
good part of tfie letters were of lists 
of TopTen48Krriu3ic- 1 esqMCl you 
have all heard enough criticism of 
the Spectrum, and i think it's a 
great Mtle machine, but it has to be 
said that mueic is not Hs Bbong 
potni (even on the 129). To me, 
compiling these cherts seana as 
worihwhBe an occupation as 
listing the Top Ten Vfc games. I 
hope i htaven'i offertdod too much 
and that you don't mind a few 
comments from a lousy Yank, 
CRASH ts a fine magadne despite, 
or perhaps because of, tfie 
occastertat hk^^up. 
IttGttBTd ohayi USA 

The oo nnec l to ni batwsen IfNse 
^uft m Agfin games may be 
tenuous, btft (fieri if you warif fo 
arpua tha point you could say the 
wfioie athos of flun ft fi^n is 
meaningiess - ir'a nof as ff each 
paraonkjit buys one Breakout or 
Nemesv game and tm^gat the 
JMsL So a s^ict cofWjmeT'Qukfa 
appfoecti ispoinOe&. Ruittt Again 
is /u«f suppoeetf to be a reed, a 
way ot aleousaing how d^ffanant 
garrwe a pp roach a gffnMsrautyacf 
*- nor nec^sarsiy ffT the same ws^Ff. 
Pamaps tha salmnt pe^i of (he 
art«cA9 you montion was, indasd, 
how msany dMIprer?! cfpyjrMOtaa (0 
vatiicies ttmre ara or) tb$ 
Spoctminl On the ottier fmxt, t 
think your cniicisfns of CBtjNCH 
am iamety fuatified - and tha 
oditonaiteam toamied' sorTwfhing 
aftouf Atn2irte« (hem^sfvea, v¥hidt 
ts tt}ai thay Eito imicft, nttxii 
longer to do than you axpeet* 
} LM 



Music charts, 1 S'bit va 6'blt, the state of CRASH, the wick»dn««a erf 
the world . . . lattara Mep on commg ar^d when there's Bp»ce to fit 
them In there's navar tlrne to get them all answnred with thought- 
provoking commanta and m elegant balance of wit end exprnisior), 
typeset. (Minted and on the shelves in time to provoitft th« rwjit 
mailbag. Still, keep trying ... I'm stiti Fredd^ M«fcuiy, Uc^ 
Mangnm that is, and I'm atiti at 

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like an animal and brought tt> stntsnoe. 

Your only chance of survival Is to escape th« valley. 

Do you have the will and resourcefulness to succeed not 

only against your opponent, but the creatures and c«rie 

beings of the fantasy world of Orb at weltT 

"l0«d e«i th« OiULLMASTU MfkH by M«% Smhh «»d )Mnl« Thonwan. 
IMiWMMtf ky AriMda. pm otQMm PuMflhins C«atip' . 

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AMIGA €19.99 ATARI ST £19.99 
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rv« kept my New Yeaf rvtohftion Bo far > this y«8f I'ni crtockin^ 
jjnhe POKES betore w» prlnf ■*- — ' n you can «end in your lP>OKEt 
on tap« rvady to mn ! can ch< .nuch more easlty wKl thvra's 

lesii chafK« of typing miqlatK < 

B«for0 I start the lips this J jual Uko to lay that th« 

photo of nw shaking hands uiMJu ir> i.rM rnunth's CRASH ChaHengo 
WBSfafte. H mux hnva b««n mad* untng Markw'!^ Photofit kit Fume. 

Th«r* ar» thr** outstanding maps tfus n^ Tor Ocean's 

Aiheniu Elite's Trtunctef cats and ewaryona'a faw. ' i om Ocaan. 

Out so many macMhava aniv*dith«tln th«|^BBHUlBsua52. on 
.ii4a April 301 thanH b* a map loeetacull^^^^^lpaft of your 
craallwa caftography! ^^^^^—^ 



GETTING HIGH IN 
NEBULUS 



Hawson's Nebulus was a big hit 
wtth avarvona and now Kan 
Savaaeof 8amsl«¥^m C^ma Mf> 
wWl fttMa tips for tha first two 
tow«f«, C30 of softwan I* 
ellmfalpig up to Ksri . . . 



LEVEL ONE - 
TOWER OF 



WsHt t\0ta. and erit«r the door. 
Cnoo on the othw stde. dodge the 
ayelMU naaHfl and go left. Stand on 
(Se lift and go up, but don't go 
mrou^ 1h« door y^ WaH till s 
^Hnnrig nasbv reaenibl'na a stof 
CdmMor the screen from tf>e 
right, Let it getcltna toyoo(cffi'afuP 
timing (3 reaiiired)^ and Jusi when 
n's aboul lo hit you go through the 
door. 

Nowgo left QTtQ adiothor lift and 
go tip. (>yss you're L»p, don'i wotty 
about Ihe bAll'Sf>aped nastio, jual 

giighi and get on the lift . Once up 
a, yogi) sncoynter sorrte 
flaMingbhJoiui. Shoot those away, 
iwi ahooi the bouncy l>^ . 

Go foTAwd to the foot ol ttw 
Slaps and watdh the fkiating 
* y ii b il.The second it goes up. 
bajTMl tjp the stepa and you 
thould just mis.'S lhi» spanning 
nastie eniefing from the loft. Go 
through the door at ttw fop of th^ 
attpa and you'll fmd ycMnirself on 



another platform with a t>ouncy 
ball. Shoot it, getor ttieliftBn>dgo 
up. 

Now move left ahd wait at the 
edge of the platfomi till the famiiiai' 
apmning ifttiste onters ifte screen, 
Whan H doae, drop down <^ the 
ladge. Shoot the bouncy tMi, 
i^odga U» ayebafl wd go left, 
Hera, a aertas of platTonn* will 
cdlapaa, leavkig you on a ttft. 

Go up r<t s a king wayl) arKi whan 
you gat to iho top you'll see soma 

Corms going right to a door, 
fifst of ttiaaa priatform$ will 
col laps* il you walk on ti. so leap 
over rl arxj ©ntw the doof (yotj 
should tiave |ijs1 massed the 
spinning nast* coming from the 
(efl). On the ott>Br sttie. go left to 



the lift and wait tffl Itia hovertng 
eyeball TTtoves lo the right. Quickly 
hop on the lift and go up. 

Go left to ttie doof . txit don t use 
it y«t The spmntng nastie will enter 
the screen, arxj When it gets close 
enier the door. Of*ce on the ottier 
Side, move fight, enter the door. 
and you've comploted the first 
lowv* 



LEVEL TWO - 
REALM OF 
ROBOTS 



Go left Irom the start and leap over 
the gaps, Ciimt) onto the iitt and go 
up. When the fobot nastle goes 
down, l«ap over it and onto 
another lift. Go up, enter 1^ door, 
and you should have miaaad the 
spinniog nastie, cormng from iha 
night. 

Once on the oth^f side of the 
tower , dodge the robot and go left 
up the steps- At tha top there Is a 
tlfi, t^tch you should hop on and 
go^>. 

Now wait outside the door, and 
ttie spinning nastie tftould enior 
frorn the loft. When It gets chose, 
enter the door. Dn the other side, 
go nghi. wail till itw na^tie robot 
goM down, and then loap acrD>s£ 
to ttw lift. Go up . walk left down the 
stairs (dodging the nastJe, of 
course) and get onto the lift. 




S 



The spJnrWm nastle wil^ have 
enters from tne left as you were 
going down tha tt<f». Let M pass 
overhead and than go up on the 
lift. Go tefl wi through the door. 
On the other stda you wtl1 drop 
down oTiio a ledge with aiift on the 
left end 

Let the spufining nastie (coming 
from ttw right) pass over , and wail 
till the hovenng tiaddke is out of the 
way. Than dimb on the lift and go 
up. There IS a door al th& lop, but 
don't use )t . Instead, go left arKi up 
the stairs, being careful not to 

hump into any patrgMing robots 

(this tt a faaHy tficky bii) The 
spinning rwftie will ^niar as you 
ar-e cHmblTig Itie siajf s - t)ut In 
doing so. you should mtss it. 

Oncm you are salelv at iha top 
you wJM sea a piatf or rn poiaeef 
at)OWSa itft. Wart till the nasti« 
ber>e«th moves out of the way. 
then stop on the pJattorm tt should 
coliai^e, and you will be left on tha 
lift. Go up, enter ttw door at ttie 
top, ar>d you will have conquered 
the second tower. 



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POKEing 
TAPE TO BEAT 
ALL POKEing 
TAPES! 



Thara'aa nawlVKEingtaiM out 
arilad hack pack, wrfttm by 
The Nightaliift, It's a cottictkm of 
ovw 1 DO ■«W-ntnn>tng chaal 
rowurm for games oM and oaw, 
Co^ roiitina dteplays ofwcrean 
wnpta, to yoM cent 90 WTQAa! 



Su 



leeM, I «M(i t when 1 la«tsd tt 
-but than rm axtraordbiartly 
brtght) ftm cm otMaln UMt c«a- 
setto by sencfing a chequa or 
poetil ctfdar for £2.50 made out 
toSofWnk(N.t.) to; S<rftl(nk {N.1,1, 
ItfOhaMoirfSardana, Mewtotr- 
nabbaw, coAnMnt, tiorthftn 
intana 8T3T 9HZ And doil t 
foreet " CRASH tiringa you all 
IhaPQK^flttaPO*^ 



SffORT 

CIRCUIT 

TREAT 



John Mvhs tta« fowMt an axett- 
Irig axtri Binfe on Oceen'a Short 
Circun eaWsd Fruit Machine, John 
nya tt'a battar than Short Cppcuit 
HmM. M you have to do laloed 
Ihe sima as usual artd than fol- 
low theee InctrudioniK 

r, gel programs, temtii draw unti, 
gM l}lue psMcard, i. taarch ptf rn, 
get coin, d. d, d, use blue peaa- 
word, open door. d. r. u. go to 
desk, use pound cotn. 

It you keep SMurching the desic, 
you keep getting tha pound coin 
- up to 90 more Umfrs, And tti*ra 
you liawa ■ l^ea {w«ll« «h1 oIJ 
rhni to Coda Maatara'a new Fruit 
Machine Simulatorl 



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you to be ona. 

While you're a danng motorbil<e rider or the ali-conquering 
jntergalaclic warrior, you're gairting priceless experienice in 
handling computers. 

Loacfing games is quick ar^d easy with the buiH-in disk-drive. 
You"!! be in the thick of the action in seconds. And the fantastic 
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Get to grips with the latest high-tec graphics on the wast 
universe of games available (si>t ot which come free). And there'fe 
a free joystick to give you uttimate controt. 

But the real hero is the person who buys it For the 
ZX Spectrum -1-3 is only £199, so they've really saved the earth. 



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The amazing ZX Spectnjm 4-2 has a buiNn datacorder - to save you 
the bother of tape recorders and leads. The ad vaf>ced 128K memory 
helps you get the most from the vast universe of games available. 

Every model comes complete with six free games to start 
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INTER. 

NATIOHAL 
MATCH DAY 

•on tha fTMtch as It IS abouuo 
(ocojpaot: Stephen KUroy) 



SUITE 2 

BUBBLE 
BOBBLB 




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RENTAPOKE JON 



ciad tf«> h^aoot of ihe 



0»'^ by typing MERGE 



and then add ihesr^ 



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INFfNiTE UVES 

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10 FOR F'A*&006 TO 65051 

15 READ A; POKE F, A 

20 LETT=T+W*A; LETW=W+1 

25 MEXTF 

30 IFT094278 THEN PRINT "ERROR IN 

DATA": STOP 
40 LET A$ = "STOP CLOCK": GOSUB 1000 
45 IF Q^ 1 THEN POKE 65026,50 
50 IF AS^" DOORS ARE UNLOCKEO" 

THEN GOSUB 1000 
55 IFQ-1 THEN POKE 65029.50 
60 IF AS="NO ENEMY" THEN GOSUB 

1000 
55 IF Q^ 1 THEN POKE 65032.50 
70 IF AS-'INFINtTE ENERGY" THEN 

GOSUB 1000 
75 IF Q= 1 THEN POKE 65035,50 
80 IFA$="INFINITETIMETOSETBOMB" 

THEN GOSUB 1000 
85 IF 0=^1 THEN POKE e5040.50: POKE 

65046.34 
1 00 PRINT AT 1 0,4;"START JOE BLADE 

TAPE" 
110 LOAD ""CODE 
120 RANDOMIZE USR 32768 
1000 LETQ=0 

IOCS INPl/T +A$+"(Y/N) '■; LINE OS 
1010 !FQ="Y"0RQS-"y"THENLETO«^1 
1020 RETURN 
n2000 DATA 33.248.221,34,84,254.205.64, 
,J 254.33,0.254.34,133,255.195.44,255, 

62,201.33.80,150,33,2.150,33,140.143,; 

33.220.147,62.34,58.43.120,33,1.38. 

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CRASH FetMTuary 1 9S8 43 




THE SECRET 
UHMASKED 



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>a«n ^nt in, rwatly typiMJ in /^: 



»ir o.llUJlll (I, 



REM MASK ( POKE 

LET T=-0: LET W-0 

? ''Of'F = 32000TO32lKT 
> HEAD A: POKE F^ 

«?MrLi^ 10.7;"START MASK i TAPE' 

RANDOMIZE USR 32000 

DATA 6.3.197,221.33 

DATA 77.17.0.62,255.55.205 

°^lAf-5-l93.16.239.22l 

DATA33.13e,169.17.2l4.lT 

DATA 62,255.55.205,86,5 

DATA 33.62.201. 34) 227 T70 

DATA 33.50.36,34.225 iVo 
DATA 62.134.50.231.170 
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AS 1-2-3! 



Noiongetd&youl'iaveto 

delve mto a mass of leads to swrtidh 

1rom (m TV trwrt source to another, instead you can seted 

and reseted your input - at the pusli o( t buttoni 

C>x um^ie 3-2-1 Aenai Swttc^ alows you t« diocsdt th^ 
differ efTt sgnal sources, pm the normd aerial KX*fl<. You can 
cfMxse to switch fnjm your T^ aenai to wdeo recorder, 
computer, video gane, cable and saltefite converter msiantly 
It s even possible to ys© the UTHi iri reverse TCide and tee<J up 
to three TV s Iromofne input source tt'SMMty at 1-2-31 

The sw«^ 6 manufactured m ^ U.K. to high speoteatots. 
tt rckides gold plated switch corilac^ wtic^ ensue vef^ 
^-qna! ioss and a high degree ol soteton between ec|aceni 
i^ |^s even guaranteed tor S years. 

jitur uni today by flbig m r« cou^ tetow or nngmg 
us 00 066624506 tor imme(liate despatch 



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l^ttm mnH m Q 3-2- i Aenat SMiChss i^j fit 98 each (tic. p&{k| 

Ptiynnrt by Ql«|Mfti^ OfdH. or piMse deM rny iito«»Visa {^ 

cwdNo _... NHyMi - — ^ - 

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LIFE mSH J 

W« pot ■ QraniUin QnpMc* 

lh« film starring Ctwiies Bron* 
son, and now w»'v* got a l»w 
POKEa do BO witth Ifw ganwl 
Qwis Wild erf Sh*w la r«a|»an*lbl* 



fof th*««, and Itf* lihouM be 
mil* aaaiw tfftar ywVt typed 
tNHm in. MulttfAca 1 owmn can 
Jusllypttn 

POKE 38678.1 as: 

POKE 39353,1 83 

POKE43M1.1S3 
. . , wttich Nt a M aaslar on Iht 
oM pinkiei. 



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40 
50 

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TTwnha to rvadan £>w« SnaMng of Crawtoy. Stnaax «rid 
Nfd( Sarnpson iif Oialnttiortt. EaMdu wtw aant ua thair irMtoKM^f III* 
CRASH PI«ytf»B tip* 



COMPETITION 
TIME 



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K'a tlrm ftu anothsr axcitlflg Playing Tip* comp - and M'b 1 
ptafity of you dara to tMkla DarL Entri«a#af tha DnNor map «onip 
bat month — o ma d to gat loat tn t^a riaw dimension . . , *o t'm 
•Ml wattino for a compMa OrtWtn map and the priZM^ Irom 
lnc««ittv« «r« tUit up for ar«tM' 

Hw ohaMono* thta ttma is to pfovMa working. non*l 
POKEa lor Vlraln Oamos'* Dan Oare II. And the prtca la 
hiking for: CM worth of »o«wafe plus a fat fuH-cotour 
totfuring the very aarli««1 Dan Dare comic strips from tBSO ar>d 
1 9S1[ ll'a on* (or tti* ooitootor* - wtvicti ia probably why iTa callad 
td— ptw*a1hjDanDar>PUo>tOfTheFuiuf&Deiux&CoB&ctort£dtiioo. 
. Sand your antria* to tli<«uauai address, marliing the •fwalop* 

iDANPAReCOMP. 

m rrfQoodtob«b*cJ(atwQd(8ftorth«iMidiy«tf 'oonnuisofy' 

PMIday over ChrHtrnss. Ml that laxitia about, ••tirn, Cl^^ 
b*irw rnarry is onough to tiro aiw normaJ Playing Tlpa •dltorf'~~ 
bwl I can hwidt* 11 And ni bo at K again next month with *- ' 
oompatttion an^ loada of your POKES, tip* and maps, 
sancTthom alt to; 



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PU^VINGJPS 

PO BOX 10 
LVDIOW 




PS: rr you wHid a map plaaaadrawit In dwlt Mh on whn* paper - 
It mal^atB our tamperam«»W attlata' lives «ai*r wben ttiey come 
to prapar* H for printing, 



44 CRASH February 1 908 







KNIGHT ORG 



AUTHORS: levels 



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ilhf p«fs«tiiii><t jnd I he 
**ilKf, pmM in ibt< ihriH' 

•(MTt h y*>u t.irt 

UltrpnthFrolf <. .ulpd-ind 

ruled tm. wdiHit-riFiK hrlpk'^vlv 
4r(Hind Middle Earlh. runnm^ |hf 
riik iif hrin^ injurifl ttr kitk^ b> 

Av ipv*l <>■* l^nt-finly qtln-nlurr 
bepm >tHi jji? l4«H«d l»> 4 iniphi 
un hi* hiirH'. Viw da Mirvivtr. but 
tht lnnfkc jpp >tHi Und ynunHl in h 

nuf fdJTXrnund, d htdfcnj^-kMtkmK 
I Jftthr, JM-d K•^ltl)^4son thv vli> Itrvi'. 
And w^H-n v<»u vct i»liI nn iimi H \ 
« k^H'tv iiiurnt*>. A^k any itt ihe 
tlurjtiler^ tm the riud fur help, jnd 

tnrrc'« no comforl lo br ftMurKt 



in the Ore \ Hcjd Inn, d11w». II h« 



dt'pfc-^^inn'. jnd (he bcenM« trr 
Uifilv diMHn'1 srML* bMr to CH4.V. If 
V(^iJ linK«r in Ihr pub long enough, 
viiilpnl incidt^N jrisr. 

Bui iM'int; killed Un't so minh J 

Xtm iff prtimptiv fjft*^ off (o 
Pdr^div (i>r ill. il Vdlh^lLaf J, 4.nd fou 
(At\ %f\ hoattd out by d rjlher 
^luik'Up VaHiyrip «}u^ly pmmfitly. 
Votir iit«v in P^rHttM? ituv rail lo^t 
mofp thjn 4 few HKOrKk - «ift>> it 
Hhik' V'Ki i4n, iK'^iuru you ri^Muiitr 
thf trL,il>< ,in<| irihuldlion'i) at ihe 
KJiiw. 

Tht>ilhr^c*i*h)ijPTi. 

\fn.jnfji,r A I •; jri' t'rti h un .1 (ktfrf- 
i-ni l.ifH- And itrt;eiht^f rwik* uf) the 



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St-v(^ hi\ vo much b^vn 
pdfknl (M) Ml ffw cbip% Inr vi 
many, ^n^fc,'hf ( >r( r* io c^kiv- 
plev t|'« an alHnkil? ple^sur^ 
to pbiV - iKri HI rnutlH ;i pitM', 
iTKin; cil i biM>k in whk n ymi 
CM write your uMti ^ndiitf;, 
Thr tfxtkbFHitrfully-writl^n, 
both intcmlimK <»nd infornvji- 
live ittti-y; ilw vcKabuUry »* 
stirwnHv UM^t-frirfldlr and 
'rf*l' 1-wHfntn Of rvfn 
parjgiraphf cvi br con- 
^triK trd. 

Put wful ifukM ffnf^t Oi 
sa jiifrKHf>hpri< t* ihr numbpf 
of chjracten riuminR dbout 
ihf pUcF - (hey don't jull 
exf<»l a m mo«1 advpnlum, 
llwy JHtujItv tuivf liv« all of 
ihHr »>^n, pi>\ *i much A^ iHe 
pldyfr. 

Ibe prke 14 binfly btRh for 
a )unw tb^t will Mpfily tuch 
lofli;-b«ltn|t fAl(>fljhHnnit 
dnd InvtMveflipnt, " 



wncur^, i^anri, v p i ri i ir y ^ annjpBvr* 
iif jM kiiwls rif lrc¥>, iind viiu (<in 
«p<t)d muih limr Hjndfrin|t 
d round thi'm lor Ihrotigh Ihcr ih- 
fHfUe tundbuok ,tnd ncnr«IUh In 




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imprps<t«d by Rdinbir<$'s m**- 
tf-rly KTAsp of whal ev*ii thf 
rMHiMVpnturer wrdttl^. (Jn* f>f 
the b(^1 frjiturf^ is Ihe ability 
l<j endinirH- ilrtHnt *'V*'ry Ihiitu 
^nrlhin rp*rh; riuminin^ Ihp 
vjriuu^ Mih* of {rpf% m dn 
^^prfifiH** in ils^-lf! Ihe on\y 
proWrm i^ llw ^peed with 
whk h viHJ c An dif>; if vimj hap- 
pen 1« fiill into d liuhl, thpft 
nrHjr> (if tAft*iu\ (Hivpniurifif 
( jn Iw X^jne in d fljtb. Sttll, in 
4 itdTir' Iif Ibis tumplfitilv, 
Ihf^ *fr the lliin^ you tuvi? 
to (no4( nut for. 

ktuuht < iff h »n *tn*m- 
phvfit. inlrtfijuin^, dlHOrbinK 
( t inW'i on'kumini; k And 

IhorouRhly worlht*Hilf jkJv- 
mtufp, Toiw*tb^r yviih lb* 
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LEVEL HEADS 



SOFTOGRAPHY 

Smashes ail the way 

It^ti 9 wu eitaUiUtHJ in I4fi1 and the Audin itMn'i lint rrV^sv* 
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1986 

TTxF P^i? Of Mij^fc 94% iHUC 30 

Mw/f O^ Oiiinps$ 94% IfHK 36 

1987 

Kn/g/tf Ofc (for iUJnbinI - review (hit MHjey) 
Ownf RiUfgef (on ttie Level 9 Ijibd) 

1 988 plans 

Time & MA^tk (for Runbitdj 

4n jidvtfilure of AflhufUn ttifL^nd! fon Ihf I rvH 9 Ubt^l 



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Du mieht h<i\L' ihouKhl 
only «iopk««i)er^ live 
above Ihc shop, but 
four ti^rraced houvc^ in 



Ihe price-fdnge there but Petp 
uy^ 'VHP da not intrmi to wllon 
iht b*$is ot |irice>, bul at qudKty. 
^f I'labH eariy to Idl how u^les 
Ar« g^Ag, ' hit run tin uc^ >' but if it 
c^rrtH on At iU pri'M.Hnl r^lf, h^lf 




You can get more over with 
text than with gra|>hics 




offices, woritihufH And Kum« of 
the \u»tifi brothers. They are 
Make, Nick Jind Pete, And thcv 
(pend iiHHl c)C th«ir lirrw k>al(in|i 
*ftef the ^hoft - level 9 
Computing thp jdvenlurp 
(iclury rt^porHill^ for f frlt^rj/rf 
/s^r (jnofrw Rdngpf jnd notv 
ATn^sf^f Off, 

When t met them in Nijvember 
Ihey tud pretty well decided ofi 
Iht g4nie$ for 1 9SS and udiy it 
lootu dt thotigh thr niHHt 
interest in);, j cofnbtr>«i it^aA^J 
a>d>en1ur<>, ^Ame will not be 
rele^HKl fttr ihc Spectrum^. 
Thou^ the Auvtins Are lieeping 
the vtofy line a secret, Jt'^lifaely to 
be « umc k^ith lent - too much 
tekt fat the Spec lrum\ mrrnqry. 

Level 9'* fw%l Spetlrum title 
«vM appe^ir about Ed$ler, 
pe»enting the further 
ddvetiturei of the Mortderful 
Ingnd Bcvttofntow in * Gnomt' 
Ranitef H. Peic tees her as i wrt 
af v^ourtj; Nrndh Bdtly , w perh4ip« 
well s«e hef befof e her i.tockJrt|$i 
wrMde. 

Ptanned for the end of 1 9Ba h 
a HiFvivjil i^fTie which will 
invcilvp pr(it>lerm %olVed for mi 
bv Pele Auvlin in thr great 
ixildmir^ of Bi'rli^hirf. This will 
be tril-HCHily on the !)pHtmm - i, 
HFfii kfiit cofKidering the 
grjiphic$ in GfKHiie Raoffer, 



GNOME tN THE USA 

Level 9 if bnnrhine out into the 
Jrcade/advenlure field, bul it'i 
iMUely Ihe AiHtin^ wiil stray 
emich further yrt. Th^y i«e little 
pro<.pe<i of I he educational' 
foftwjrif mjriif't j^rnwinK large 
^kov^ 10 Ijf prulitaNe, and for 
Millar reawm Ihey are unlHuHy 
to fftlrodtice a budsel label - 
pJtrlicuUrly j^i tn tbe K-btl 
market Iheif prktn tt^rt at 
£l4.9ij, vtHh many coaling iwke 

Ihey have, however, recently 
started M?llini; in the USA and 
iw« gone in at $19.95 (about 
£1 IK Thais near the bottom of 



of our of all uur «ale% will be 
there.' Four Level 9 titles have 
itready gone on sale in UrKile 
Sam'4 ji/eat rtpubik: Sitkon 
Dtejm\, hny^ OfFMrkftf^s, 
CfMxne Rsnger and Kmght Ore, 

BACK FROM A LONG 
SILENCE 

CofiameotirtK tm why Level Vi 
ulev h.ive stayed hijth in a 
notof iou>ly HcMe mjirkel, the 
AUftJfH enplain Ih4t Ihey dlw;iys 
write the garner they iiMMt wiih 
to play themtelves - and have 
found, H? far, tluti iTK»t othen 
like ihem luo. 

Thf re was a long silence from 
Level 9 after N^h nn Div,im-dnd 
Ihen Iwo advent urei^ released in 
quick UKcessMKi. Mike e^plain^ 
Iriat I he %ip of atmcnt a year was 
largely bet ju^se jlf trvH 9'* 
garnci werv bt'ing LcmviTtiKl 4nd 



credibtlify of a Kame is toi^t if 
you're in a medieval vtting and 
you find a baltrry-Oper^teQ 
lurch, he says, 1hou((b many 
pl4yeri> lake that as pari of (he 
fanldiiyl. 

EMBARRASSING 
TITLES 

AlMlltMf problem Is tha rihe l it les 
of many adventures ari> vn kmg 
andwwd that peapic find it 
embuTassinK in ask for ihem in 
the shop, My% Pete. He thinks lh» 
\s why J hi' } tublm still selfs so 
wel - il'f a short, sim^jle title 
whkh H easy to remember. 

Cehk names (neal w in venied) 
also Kct Ihc thumbs duwrt, a^ they 
are sery dtff if ull f(»r nxjsl people 
lo pronouTicp correctly and if 
spelled in a more English fasbiort 
ontv offend the Wehh or Gaelic 
speakers. 

A I bird of Level 9's «a]es are to 
w omen . wh ii. h ts mof I u ni^ual tn 
the software rrurbel. Pelc 
eommeftis: 'I feel that the main 
way to nuke women more 
interested in computers h lo 
t h^Mj^c the advertising. Most 
ad\ eriisinK Mi-ems (o emphasise 
the violent aspect of jeames and 
while m)bcid> wants things like 
My Little Puny pranctnj; about, it 
would be belter to poinl oul I hat 
compuier progrinn can be 
MervslJng, infumutivF and 
broaden the mind. Unforlurtatdy 
violence does succeed in seflirrfi. 
If you have >in essenltally Ikiring 
corKept the best way to [ajtz it up 
isloaddKHneblood. Thiiiswhal 
Hollywood Ims bc«n domg 
sun tessfully for years, Ihit what 
you really need is a RiDod sc ript.' 




If you have a boring concept 

the best way to jazz it up is to 

add some blood 




greatly eicpanded to run on I fr-bit 
machir»es - mainly (he Atari ST, 
but also Ihe Amiga. Now this has 
been completed, and the Austins 
hope lo rvtease four lo six games 
in 19Ba. 

The Aufltns are confident lhc»r 
games will win, believing no 
otf»er proRrd,mfwrs offer 
anywhrre near en{]ugh pure 
strategy along w*lh the puzzle- 
solving. Pele, iwrticuljrly, 
believes most olher adventures 
simply aren't logical enough, artd 
often contain anac hrontsms (the 



He suggests thai 'wh^l 
mag<i / i nrs tike CR A^H should do, 
Mlher fhan ban violent or Pvetty 
aggressive advertising, is t^tf^ 
il to the back uf the magazine 
where it's less obvkujs'. The 
perennial argument against thai 
IS Ihjt mJny people actually read 
magazines from back lo frcMit. 

VOMIT GAMES 

All the Austins dislike the hind of 
game where characters are 



_|II#"W l|_ 



violenlly decapilated and a litlle 

Snome c omes alongand liicks Ihe 
ead off the sc reen. They hope 
thai these games, which they call 
'vomit games' after their usual 
sound effects, are jusi .i passing 
ph,ise that will disappear as I he 
industry grois^ up. ifrr their g^tmef 
there k aWrst no attacking, and 
in Cnorth- K.in^t^f the worst thai 
happens tq anyone is thai Ih? 
witch gets her wand broken. 

Even in earlier Lesel 9 games, 
IS here it was somelimes possible 
lo kill c harac ters, they would 
come back later in the game, as 
ghusis, and cause mcire trouble 
than if you'd left ihem alone. 

THE PUZZLE NOTTHE 
PICTURES 

The Austins would also lilce to 
change the way tfiat in so many 
top^selliiqC games all the effort 
SOTS Intopfesenlaiion arid 
graphics, father than ^mcpUy. 
They say they've always dcme 
things the other way round - the 
important thing has been the 
puf^le, not just pre it v oh ture^. 

Gotng on to explain huw they 
think aavenlurinj; will deselnp, 
the Austins all agree thai there 
Mill Ih" much mote interaction 
between piayer and nooplayer 
characters ((Si PCs). The ob^t H 
lo make these N PCs far mure real 
and to conittruct pu/zles which 
will be impossible Id solve 
withoul their < rNi^M'ratiofi. In 
ottier words. Ihe adventure will 
become more like an interactive 
biKik. 

'I think that for a long lime lo 
come there will be a market for 
lexl-ofily games, in the sarm" way 
thai though nufky people have 
videos bcnfc sales are slHI very 
good,' sayt Pete. ' You can take in 
a lot more information by reading 
than by watching T V. fhis is why 
when hfMilcs are adapled frtr TV 
anci fadio half the plot must be 
left oul. Yuucanget mure over to 

Ibe player b^ Ibe use of text than 
grauiin-lhtt h eipKialfy true 
of Bie home compoier wh*re 
gmphics are still relatively 
crude,' 

The Austins intend lo carry on 
using graphics - and some 
nsovement, such as clouds and 
rippJing water - and more mood 
music, Ihough (hey won't put 
that on the Speccy. 

They are Msit working on a 
bask problem with all 
adventuring: Ih^iugh you can 
read quickly, inpuKirtg is very 
much skiwef, despite the use of 
alibreviations. They haven't 
solved the problem yet. Says 
Pete: 'I (lim'l tike itom. A 
number of p<HJt>le ustt them, bul 
they ri<io ' I eive enough flexibility. 
If then ItHiks like a multiple- 
choice ganse, which to me 
esventiatly gets rid of loo many of 
thefHi/zles/ 

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We beUe\e everything; waM said about it already (piea.^ send a SAE if you missed k) and 
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NTLINE 

with Philippa Irving / 



THE DEVIL AND 
THE<DEEP'PC 




AT USJ, fflttsf months Of bBStvng out fronthne on my old battered 
typewntar. I have a ithiny new superconverMenl Amstrad PC word 
processor. Wah this marvel of faMy modem VKhnatofff t can rearrange 
iH rttf sarcaattc oommenis a\ the fouch Ot a button, inatantanaoutiy 
deiela paragraphs of phtioso(i4tical waffle, Changs ^pBfaca lo iny hurt's 
oorvtertt, and even con'ect my appaHing spelling, I am enchanted I mn 
also discovering for the first time thai computers reaVy can be useful 

ObvkHisV computers can pl«y en Important everyday roke in a 
bu^nesft, Bui i1 wres one of the Fancifi^l fallac^s of iMhsi this popviar press 
oriM "Ihs compuier boom' - itw tluny o* home-oomputer»buy>ng that 
t«n riowed do wn because mo«t people who wanft one nave now got one 
- that a tiome computer cotMd work the same kind of latxsw-savtng 
wonders. One heard slories of somebody's friend wtw had 
'Gorrpjtahsod Ns home" or ran his central heattrm Mth ihe compuier. 
Pwents bought computers in ihe flnrt beUef that a Spectrum or 
Commodore would give their child an aducabon m the modem and 
apparently ali'impodfint mystery ot the compuier, tiCfjing ttvat once 
tney*d got tired o^ ttie gafrws that oime with it- ffofBC& WM Skiing, 
SavbtMB, Ihe immortal flisdar Rat Rac^ - they wouM start to put th^ 
machines to 'proper' use, 

Gkit wtiat realty happened waa thai tfw child, havirtg gol ft rftd of HofBca 
Goes Skmig and perh^» found that BASIC could rraite the border go a 
funny colour or print 'Dundee United RuittB* tilousands of limes on Ihe 
Bcrven. would proceed to more iOpMliticated game softwars, Parental 
scom would start. ' Yrai've not bought another stupid game, tiava ycu7 1 
didn 't buy that computer so you coud spend Ume playtng $iity garnea on 
It, Why don' t you do Bwnething useful? Why don't youleem toprogfftm?' 

Sorne young computer' owners did ^nd^d leam to program. But what 



did they projpam? What vma ttie only itving there was arty point in 
progranvning? Gam»< 

Perhaps yo4j ooufd run the central heating from a Spectrum, tHjt 
modem heating systems have perfectly adSiqfuAta control systems of 
their own. Ttie contents of the fpeezar can be monltorad by opening the 
door ervf looking in. The small mwnory of home computer?, and the 
tacky keytjoards of early Spectrum models, preclude senous word 
processing, in fact, the home comptitar has only one noraamtng 
fi,inct)onr rl provKfes a kind of ftvnffiarisailJon course for Iha few 
schoolchildren wriio do go on to commerdai prograrreninp. Whatever 
uncompraheoding parents may twNeve, a fvime computer <a nothing 
more than a flexible, fesscinating games machine. 

And we &houkl not tw ashamed of that It can t>e fTustralingly diflicult 
to convince ttK»e wtto have never come acroaa a good computer game 
that ttwy can be as valid an inteiiectuati pattime as iraditK>nai board 
games and pi^zies; they lacft the social aspsci of group gaming, but 
propedv used ttwy oflsr tf>a sola player a wMtth of ernertasninenil 81 his 
convenience. 

It's only prtifudioe that campanmeniBlises enterlatfvneni. finding live 
Ifwave and reading thoroughly good, teievkion dubtous, artd computer 
^cnes a mind-rotting Invention o4 the devM. TfHire are bad and good 
plays and bad and good computer garner 

And li is only a more spacialised prejudtee that corfsiders a poky Ifttie 
home computer- with wtiat is. these days, a tiny memory - wasted on 
games. Tbough my glauming new mtd pirocessor is a. greet 
convenience, and invalii,iabfe for prooeuing PQM lums, no1hir>g will 
convlrKne me to write rny novels ort it. 



SORCERER LORD 

Producer: PSS 

Retail pnce: £12.99 {cassette), £17.99 {disk) 



Fantasy games aiways provide a 
refreshing ahemative to ttw 
interminabie mi<d and metai of ih« 
Se&XKl World War, bui il's 
unusual for a farrtAsy war game to 
be as comptax as a simitaiion of a 
historical tjattie, it's probably not 
that authors are incapable of 
making up dst^ied statistics, 
landscapsa and backgrouncte - 
mora bttsiy they baiieve that 
people wtK> warti to play fantasy 
games are tega csnoemed witfi 
such fitidly datatfs and warn 
simple combat, lo& of DAD- 
Inepirad race*, and the chance to 
throw ftrebsis around. 

8ut I for one would tove to see a 
fuiiy-iledged war-gannw^'s fantasy 
war game - and wtth Soncwrar 
ton^ttie ever-enterpfising PSS 
mskas a gallvtt thoMgh Itawed 

50 CRASH Febmary 1968 



attempt. 

So don't be put off by the box, 
which dedaree that Sofcsrar Lord 
is by the author of PSS'a 
BMMtkJ Germany, a game i 
lound almost unpiayablie (It was 
aedited toCyberconlmerprises^ 

Inside Xh& box is a player's 
manual, a glossy PSS catalogue 
almost as large as tfie rutebooR, a 
raforarwe card Idling the control 
keys and the mearHngs of the 
symbols, and an extrarnety Mrell- 
drawn map of ttw Lands Of 
Qatanor on sep^a fake parcivnent. 

The detailed rulebooh opens 
with The Scenario. And. natixsfly« 
sinister ar>d evil twisted ghostle 
1hlr>gs from the north ere marchir>g 
aouDiward from their wastslanda 
to (to baittfe with thedean'Smbed, 
(jpetancftng, civilised racn in the 



south. It's one of the great 
mythological pattemaof computer 
war-gaming thai the enemy 
iT^roies from the east if it's 
histoncsi and it>e north if it's 
fantasy. 

The ciiizene of a mysierious 
region caisd the Shaifcwtands 
have, after several urkexciting 
millennia, acquiried a new 
Sfmdowhxd. Hjs predecessor was 
a peace-loving sort, bui tf>e 
nevi^Cijmer wants to stir thirtgs up- 

The ambitious new Siiadowtard 
has sent his Shadow ieglons'- not 
people. tHJt magicaiy-enfll n eat ed 
Wolf rklflfa and warnorg 
commanded by misguided 
humam - to Invade tie Uncb Of 
(Salanor and recapture the 
enchanted nine rings which were 
cra«tad ttiere by the magic people 
of the Shadowiar^ h>ng ago, 

T?>e ptayer s task - as the dean- 
shaven man ot Galanor. of course 
- IS to repel the Shadow Legiona. 
preventing iham inxvi cafnuring 
and hokfmg fortrasses and runo 
rif>gs for more than t Z consecutive 



days. (It they manage to, they 
acNeve victor)f.j The fortresses 
are also the player's only sources 
of rainfon^nents. so the nxure 
that are in the power of the 
Shadowktrd the less chan<^ 
Galanor wui have to raise troops to 
recapture them. 

There are five different races In 
GaJanor, and all have special 
characteristics. Elves move atxf 
fight well in wootJUmd, of course; 
the Men Ol Rovankim (^ most 
southerly end so natural^ rhe 
mo9t civilised nation) are sktHed in 
sorcery; artd the Mtxjntajn 
Warriors Of Morgalion are adept at 
fighting in mountainous terr^. 

After tfte operting menu {wt»»e 
you choose one of three skill 
levels, and can load a previous^* 
saved gamej, Sonserer iani 
launches abruptly into the 
ShftdovyfonJ's Arst movement 
phttia. in fact, three pheses 
qutekfy tupmble acn^as ^ screen 
and ttw Shadow legions are 
atready streaming eoulhwrwd 
before the ptayem gels a chance 



to intarvsne 

AnyoTha vifio has played 
Batthfieki Gmmatiy will recall 
waiting for 15 minuies wtiik) tnei 
cennpuiar plodded llvough its^ 
turn. I lavkheit scom on this 
appattrifgi p<«Ke ol programminQ (H 
goi 42% bvwail m tssue 40J, end 
so I'm almoet ashamed io ednur 
that SdhTcidnr lotxi goes to Uie 
opposite flxtrenie mth an effect 
MTKHt astdivnagiing to playabiuty 

The £aiadoMlord wtiiBes 
tfvough his jnoveiTtent phe^e Hke 
Battltlisld Geftnvty 20 limes 
taster and l^tsfi - wtmch 13 mgr« 
toripiis " re$olvas batliei so 
qtM^ thai it's oxlrwndy difficult 
\a fdlow whal's g(»fig on. A 
sumrrvry qI the ridsrs and wdmors 
lost by eacfi side is flashed on the 
message area for just a few 
mornents. 

But rrtoet iiwd0«nlf>g of aOls the 
war report, a fun screen ol detailed 
and interest Ing Ifvfofmetion about 
tNi state of each t/my and the 
ownership of the many lofttesses 
and njne rtngs This is the Bort of 
thirtg that one xvould wish to study 
at (aajre. arxJ frequently . On aome 
veiBione of SorcMrsr Lord you can 
summon it imHn a tceypf ess ai ar^ 
time: but on the Spectrum, it 
appears for two eecoryls - literally 



- at the end of eadi combat phase. 
It's as if the aulhof realised ttiat 
Batlkifmid Germaity la too slow, 
changed a few var^ilestoa lower 
value picked at rar>dom, and never 
checked wheit>eF the new ^leed 
is arty more convenient. 

The screen ma/p it hexagonal, 
as yp. Ba^eSekf Gefnwfty. The 
SdrcerarLontf map la a little more 
attractive, though the n^ged 
adgee made ineviiatale by the 
hexagonal layout are untidy and 
tt^ contours of the land are 
blocky. The foitresaes, citadels 
and rune rings are set In a iraried 
landscape o* doresl, mountains, 
plains, Inserts W¥J Ihs occaisional 
patches of wi«ie<if^. 

Thoggh there arp ^averai 
hundred ndars ard warnors 
statiof»ed in every fortress, they 
cannot t>e mot^lised wrltKHJt a 
leader (here Soratter lord 
leaa fw b l ea iMds OfMiOnighii. As 
the playw starts off with aoout 20 
unmanned fortmsM and just 
three leaders ur^der his corrwriand, 
things are rather disoouraf^. But 
(ortunalefy, every mm there is a 
dalanor Aniance phase, when new 
leaders wake up to the imminent 
danger MXt maurlafise tor use in 
their own ioftfeeeea. 

Fortresses also oenents extra 



troops all fandom, And any leedtr 
can build up a hv>ge army sirnp^ 
fry going round the map recruJtirig 
warrior and riders, txit this takes 
time - and meanwhile the Shadow 
Legions will have t^kan over ttie 
undefended fortresses end nine 



dfMU. 



abilities at each army are 
defined try tour factors: Ifie value 
of Its loader, M leader's skill in 
aorcaiy, its tatlgLie levef. and ita 
movement rate. CofnbaT t>Btween 
at^jacent enemy units is not 
inevHable: the pbyer cair decide 
10 attadki by movir>9 onto the 
enemy's square, virhich is then 
marhed with a beaue sign. 

Combat is raaohw slier the 
plaver erxte the rriovemerYt phne, 
ara various Actors. indudiriQ 
leadership values and twrain type, 
determine the resuftn 

The most novel factor is 
Sorcery. If the battle tak^ plaoe 
near a rune ring - arKl ihe nearer 
the better -the skSa which corrliiolts 
the rune ring can take power from 
It to summon &or<^fy. The 
strength of the Sorcery cannot be 
predicted, but is oflected by the 
loeder'e Sorcery skill and distance 
from thm rune ring. 

Weak Sorcery merely alters the 
weather condilJons in the eater's 



favour (perhaps it onfy rains on half 
the batikfleld . . . ), but 
Devastating Sorcery brir^ down 
a whole tiost of screaming demons 
on ttie er>omy. 

Despite all (he irmg^v^ion thM 
has gone mto Sortwer Loed, and 
the obvious poterrtial for wied 
and thcMightful tactics, the 
gameplay is awkward wid duD 
(though teehni«tly it's a great 
improvement on Safffai^ 
Germanyi. The game lsi:ks 
atmosphere, for all the care that 
haa been put into the packa^ng 

But some people wilt find a kit to 
enjoy m Sorci^rBr tord, and it's 
encouraging (0 see this sort of 
liantasy war ganne relaaaed el all. 



Prsftwitation S0% 

The packaging ts superb, the 
prpgrarrvning gauche 

Qrapttrcs 75% 

Attractive, though rather 
characterless 

Ptayabitity 64% 

Otff icuH to enioy 

OVCIUUX 70% 

Interesting aspects, but try 11 out 
before investing 



BLITZKRIEG 

Producer: CCS 
Author: K Wright 
Retail price: £9.95 

Sltmneg is a large- scahi 
simulatiDn of trie German invs^on 
of FrMice in May 1^0. It comes 
trtm CCS's tncrtASingiy rapuiatofi 
designer K Wright, whaee 
previous credits for ttie company 
nctude Yankee and the Smash 
Napotoon Af ^VSar {they earned 
S7%aiiid e&% Ov^'alf respectWelv 
in Issues 42 and 34); and don t 
worry, this well-fyesented and 
j^ayabki game ts nothing to do 
with Anotasoft's terrible 
Commodore &4 &tt£fstieig. 

A oentrSHspreed map in the 
nicely-produced rulebook shows 
itie hiatoncal plan of attack by the 
AMis powers, which was of course 
suooessiy, A diversionaiy attack 
«K8s launci^ from the <^erman 
border Imo central Belgkjm, and 
while ttie Allied detarx^s ware 
wgaged (hens two AjUs armies got 
i^ntemeath the line to ttw S04nh, 
dashed through SwitzerlarMi, and 
made (t imo France. The carr^p^gn 
Icsrees included armoured 
divisions, parachuta regirrtents 
arid substanlial ajr support. 

Bkblkfi^ doesn't M the player 
manipulate aff aapects of the Axis 
invaakm - yixi can't even 
dtetrfeute thoae <^tBrmlngl>y 
abstract air-aupport 
common in games of this 
but concentrates on the 
Kale mowam«n of the siK- 
snnies. 

n bean a siting visual 
rseemblanoe to prooramttwr 
Wright's previous ganies Watetfoo 
tfrom Lothkxien: se% in Issue 23) 
and Yankm. A dear, attractive 
map fills the screen wHhout ciuttsr 
In tns margins, and a narrow Strip 
•kmg the bottom contains a menu. 
Because the menu ts BC|uaezed 
untKiity mto such a smai space. 





m£st of the Spectrum's limited 
display can be g^ven over to the 
map: the entire play »es Alls about 
foi^ screens, scrolls without fuss, 
and cowers tt>e eastefn part Of 
Franca, all ot Be^jium and 
Switzertand. most ol HoOand. and 
lh« western extremity of Gerrnany. 
AJI are clearly marked onscreen so 
you don'i need the map ar>d can 
st^ glued to iha set 

Inere ava seven different types 
of terrain, inducSng country 
borders. Units appear as the 
traditional squares. 

"This innocuously traditional 
^jpaarvkCe hides an mnovativa 
and uneitpected system of play. 
The ptayer Cqrrwnands the 4th , €tn , 
12th and 16th armies, and the 
Panzergnippa Kleist. and though 
each emiy is cfivided Into six unHa 
(Infantry. armoured or 

mechanised) It can only be givan 
orders as a whole. 

And unlike Wright's eariiar 
games, BIlQtaiag does not offer 
me aeay option of overriding (he 
artifice IntelligBnce wid pacing 
units individuaDy. The Irttention is 
to Simulate the uncertainty of a real 
campaign, wtiere deci8k>ns rnade 
by comrrwndars pushing <x>untars 
acn^ss boardroom maps cannot 
always tM implementsd in reel Ufa. 



Yei it's net as frustrating as one 
rruoht imagine , . 

Though umts cannot be 
controied individus»y, they fighi 
separately. The strength of a unit 
is exprsi^ed m a rough 
percentage figure, chipped away 
9% at a time. ar>d - as >n Yankee - 
mortfe also attects a unit's 
perforrrvnce. The stages oil 
morale range from Excetem. 
which adds 30% to the unit's 
effectiveness, to Abysmal, rt goes 
steadily down depending 00 the 
unit's losses, tt seems rtiorate 
never improves, so I expect most 
of me army is extremely 
deprsssied by the end of the game. 

Movement is unusual: the player 
can try to form lines of units 
withiout tiavmg control over the 
individual units. Yotj set the centrai 
position for which the army wil 
aim. and can mark right and leh 
flanks to determine how far north 
and south the units will go, 

If the central position is used on 
its owr) without a nght and left 
flank, all units will commit 
themselves to a long narrow front 
Kne aoairai the enemy, If. on the 
othar hand, the player sets all three 
markers as dose logstfier as 
poroitJle, three of the army's six 
umts wiH husite bghtty lorwivd and 
three wHI hang t>ack in reserve, 

But evdything is very 
indeterminate. The player can only 
0ve orders for the advance and 
hope that the front-line units wM 
manage to Stay roughly logeihar 
because terrain laices its loll on 
mov^tient points, some get on 
OQnSMJiarat}ly faster Ifion otttars. 

The movement onders are used 
to dictate ttie whole army's 
ganerai intentions. The ATTACK 
ondar means every unit will attack 
every erien^ unit H oomes wittiln 
range of. and shoukl t>a used only 
wtten you're oonvinoed that an all- 
out asaauX wiN not t>e too 
dannaging. DfSCflEnON is the 
standard order; the army's 
conwnafMtor wW weigh up ttie 
factors and decide whether to 



attack an ad rBEAT, 

not a very ■. limits 

oombat iQ^sionoe. 

BetsiiMi the armiea should be 
on DISCRETION most of the time, 
attack deoskHie are usuaHy out of 
the player's fiand^. Once the 
movement orders have been 
given, you can just sit back and 
wsich white your side advances 
and attacto. MovamsrM and 
combat are diepleyed ki saperate 
phmas, at a bf1#i pace which 
demands attention. There's no 
chance to got up arxt rru^ a cup 
of cottee or tum over a record, 
unless you don't mmd missing 
sorrte 0I the action. 

The map saolts to where 
movement or comtiat a taking 
plaoe and shows esK^ step 
aaparstaiy. Even If a unit h 
3ttached py three ad^aiOBm units, it 
defends Itnlf against each in tum. 
and units don't combine attacks 
as effectiveiy as ci many gBmss. 

Terrain nwdilles the 

aftediivenass of an attack, usually 
to the iftt^dvantage of ttw 
attacker trying to laundi an 
offensive from the midde ol a 
major nver not unsurprtemgiy puts 
a unit at a 40% dtsaovantage. But 
these terrain efliscts wouM be 
more intarasling If you coukJ 
determine mcsre exactiy wiiere 
units are going to end up. 

After a particuMy aucoaasful 
combat, a unit may advance into a 
space left by a retreating or routed 
onemy. Or st the end of the 
combat pfiase a unit may distund 
and redlstntMte its strength 
autonvfftically to other units. 

There are vahous vk:tory 
cortditkms - or, rather, condilKms 
which wilt end tfia game. Play is 
terminated if tfie efo^Uveness of 
eitbier army fal^ too k^, if tha 
Gerrinans niake it to tfw key city of 
Arniens near Paris, il even a single 
Allied unit gets through tne 
German Itrtes, or rf the Qerman 
BTTTveB don't gel far erKxigh west. 
VknoTy IS ttian decided simpty on 
the ettectiveness ot the two 

CRASH Febixiar/ 1 9Sa 51 



armies, ard the Akis side mna 11 ft 
Mflms Fiwtcd A iiM^ to fall m the 
oiPoijmstancM, Thia abfupt cutoff 
can be frustratiimg. but you can 
ctnoosG to carry oti 

On my rirst attenipt St BlitxkfieB 
I fnade the ssma rr^stahs as the 



fii\ms did m communing my self to a 
stattc war of sttnlion. UnA the way 
to be succeo^tul Is to advance a& 
quickry ana aggnsssively aa you 
can, and I k>Lin0 to my eamactfon 
that the AlHss a^ranh back roadily 
in the faca of a ^irward thrust. On 



untt fliwgth CM wifl Of kjae the dijf on Hi[l« cteif , wall- 



my third game I got a ' substantial 
Gefman vfgtpry' .but that was only 
on the firvt levai: thorv are three. 

Though thofe an» many 
rastrictioha - you cv) onty play tfW 
Axte alda. tiwa's no two-pLay«f 
option and you can't posttfon units 
exactly -the C(uaNty and playabiNty 
of Bl^(fieff make the ladt at friNs 
in^eiavant. tt'a faacinattng. 
comiMjisive and so 




straiphtfonMird to 
notnhg intefmpts 



contfot that 
the now of 
oameptsy, l^ gameotniy draQS in 
the eaifiest movement ph^es. 
where - as in Kamiree - one haato 
watch the map scroH^ng around 
blank enparksa^ while Irtviaible 
eoomiy units move. 

The substantial ruletjooh giive& 
historK:^! tiackground and a clear 
descrtption of the gamer's 
mechanics - and, as ts becoming 
starxiard, the programmi- ■ r'"t5 
htaeauaaa<idam>clpate -< 

tiy dflfanding the idiosyncrasies of 
hiSQaina. 

Bmztmeg 4 thoroughly 
recommended to everyone, 
whatavar their prefHWtoa In 
games. Ks stralgihitforward 
operation won't bewilder 
Bomeone unused to wargames, 
yat Its po534bhlit4a3 are cornptex 
enough to challertge axperiencad 
slratagists. Most imporlafit of sil« 
It's fun to ptay. 

Presentation 89 Va 

Almost immaculate 

Graphics 90% 

Minimalist and ej^tramedy 
effective, sv^th space med wsl and 
th« onscreen map dearly nwtted 

Rutoft es% 

Thorough and well-pmemad 
Authenticity 80% 

Unusualiy fo^-fflovirtg aod 
atmosphertc for a tratitlQnal game 

Playability 93% 

Compelling; and ab9ort>^ 

OVERALL 90% 

Definitely worth buying 



BLJTZKRJEO 



BY KEN WRIGHT 



Slitzkneg simulates Ihe German atlack m May 
t940 when( the Low Counkicis and France were 
overrun. The French MagmOt Line was Oy-pasBad 
Oy the mighty Gaiman army spearheaded by 
Kleist's crack Panxergruppe 

GAME FEATURES: You command 5 German 
armies by a unique system ol 3 cursors which 
enabte you to sel up a line ot advance The Allies 
defenco Ls mssidr-mindad by ihte compuier Largie 
scroi^mg map on vsned (errain. hiclden mov«meni 
and 3 levels of dilticulty For 1 player 



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JON BATES talks to 
himsetf about Casio's 
favourite synth 



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THE 128 COHNECnOH 

Ov«f to ifw 128 dewftmem. thef«i 
wo voice-pfWdmmin8av*toWe here 
y«l from M» MIDI output, tM qmte a lot 

.8 handbcioK is qutie 
heliiiU wl-'^fj you're trywug to accns 
MIW You can ttOm soWer the wKh of 
)K)u !<»»gws off and coflntct pms I and 

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' ■ conaderrng tots &f ejrtras for the 

; >^clrurn, answcf ing y«1 more of ytxur 
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m MiDt codes, the preftx Y sets the MIDi dMnn«i V ts vctocHy (rwt much vst or 
lot), and Z prefbtes the afl-lmoof^ni control code». 
Most ol the codes here are fairty shorl and mod consist ol three bwtes. 
The Rm byte 0ves the type of comnand and channel number (MIDI code Vi 
lor channel 1. 1 77 for chann*! 2 etc|. 

1be second tiyte says i^iat the cominand ti lor > vibrato, podamento. ate f o 
^stance. I tndcala vibrato. 

T^ tNrd Ma is used to lum a function cm or off or to set a range In tietweer 
turns off J 27 turns o(v 

Thus to set vibrato on channef 1 iK Z)76 Zl Zt27 
And to lum K olf again & Z17S Zt ZO 

CMHhIariiit Ih* firct byte: 

- jr»8B 2192 (can be 1S3, 194 etc) 



CemUming tlw taeaod byte: 

To changB portamemo time: ^ 

To chtOfe Urn ma^er tune: Z6 

To turn portamento on or off Z65 

To tum on mono mode Z 126|tft«th«dbv1*inthiscaisets 1. 2. 3or4. 

the number of chartnels to f Oiiow) 

Profram (voka) numben tiart at ZOO m: 
PreseKiweZOlS 
frttemal voices are 13247 
CartrMlge votces are 164-7^ 



..are of tta one. Ukiu^ ^ it s usuaKy sent in great streams of data and md d: 
a w^ control you cam reset to ccfutm podOon wrtth A corSe of 64 J 

SyilWH*«xchniiit fMHiVtt 

These need up tfi eigjM bytes 

beem wstem eicfiBiw Z240 
CasM) Id code: U6 
S(A status 20 
sub status: ZO 
data commar>di: first byte 
data command: second byte 
data command: third byte 
end of ewhaive: Z247 

Witkiii Ilia s Yi l m i a -*icl ws tw< afw 

lone mix is cortro«ed by ZI 12 (lone mt on). Z64-Z73 (mitiint level), and Zl / 

(lone mil off} 

Transpose rs 21 12. Z65 2 (new key} 
(G to B: 69 to 65 
CloF# 0to6| 



By pwttinji Ihe iiwiw mode code In your 120 program you can gwe four mu^ 
Jtnes mdhndual channei numbers and ptay them on Itie CZ umultaneous^ ff ~ " 
128. But mono mode is a Rttte peoitiar: though you can haw four O- 
siniuitaneausiy, yoi!( haw lo have them consecutiweiy numi}en<l and the V 
channel wiK be the lowMt. 



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SIMON N GOODWIN 
finds another fine 
disk interface rn 
MGT's Plus D and 
gets rtiythm with the 
SpecDrum System 
Two 



look. iVs w(M-d6signecJ and 
amazing value for money. 

For £$0 you o«t a disk frit«rteo». 
parMel prtnter port, sophisticated 
I softwarn to rnnt roi both these 



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and a simple snapshot devkre thai 
hats fou pinM scrdens or save 
pragroms of arty size 10 disfc. 

A 780K 3 5-^^^c^ disk drive cost* 
an e?(tia £80 rt you buy il al the 
same time as Vt*e interface. You 
can use any standard 40-lrad< or 
SO-tracfc drive, but you'd have to 
be very weH-connectad to beat the 
pnce 0* the M6T drive 

The Pkjs D was designed by 
Bruce Gordon, wtw invented the 
poplar Dtsclple bteif ace two 
years ago, Thet was a competitor 
lor the grandtalher of affl Spectrum 
iniertaoes, Sinclair's sptty-named 
Menace One. 1Yie C90 Occiple is 
stiH Bvailsbie from Rockfon 
Pr(K**CI». 

The Pt us mi^ be viewed as a 
cut -down versfort of the Otodple, 
btA that would be unjust. Tbe 
Ptus te a conx)iete. coherent 
product. It tacks the Otedpte's 
through-port. ioystik:k ar«d 
network connections, txit stHI 
woriis with the maity prograrrts 
itttt have lieen converted to use 
the CNadpte'8 disk arxf prtnter 
intofaoes- 



FiTSANY 
SPECTRUM 



£49,85 buys you a plain black 
metal l)ox. not much trigger itwi a 
single cassette case. An edge 
connector protnudes from one end 
cut the box. aixt plu^ Into the back 
<A your computer . Two IDC (bed- 
ot-naiis) sockets are Hush with ttw 
other end ol the box: oneconnects 
to the prMer, the other to one or 
two disk drives. A red tight and a 
small reassuringly rubbery button 
9amlsh the top t» the box. Thai's 
n. 

The Plus frts any type of 
S;>6Ctrum, as it pokes oul from the 
back of the computer rather than 
verttcaHy upwards. You need 
about ti^cm o< clearance M t)>B 
bsck o< the computer; it 's best r>ot 
to use the legs al ttte tMck of a 
Spectrum ^ or ISSK, as they 
wouk] leave the Pius O hanging 
precanousiy by Its connections. 

The metal box isn't just there to 
maHte the untt f«e^ chunky - it also 
acts as a heat sink, keepirtg the 
Plus cod and shiekting It from 
radiated interference. 

Inside, itiere's a neat double- 
sided circuit tioard twidkig a 
custom PAL chip, a standard 1 T77. 
disk controller , BK of PMDM arx! SK 
of RAM. a iaich for data being sent 
to tfw printer, arxl eight 'gilue' 
^Dft to tie the rest together. Two 
ol tnese chips have been soktered 
piggy-tMnk style on top ol other 
comportents - this kicks ugly but 
shoukJn'i cause any probleinB. 

The RAM holds purt of thedlsk- 
coniTOl and pnntar-controi code, 
and is kMided irom d^ or cusette 
whan you tumon the system and 
typo F^N Ttxs anangement 
makes tt« plus flexole, though 
arguably it's urtnecessary. You 
don't need to rekied after a reset, 
unless the system hat oraahad or 
been turned oft tinea ttie last load . 
Cisver hackers can even run short 
ifuAif^^ m thA PIlk D's Inter iiAt 



memory without diatuttjing the 
main programs. 

MANUAL AND 
MAGAZINE 

The Plus D comes wilh two AS 
leaflets - a user's manual artd a 
'free introductory issue' of 
FORMAT, the ma«utine of the 
Disciple and Plus D unrs* grcMjp 
The main manual IS 34 pages of 
daisywheal type, stuffed with 
Mwful infomvtkyn, readable but 
very dartse. There's no mdex 

tras marHMl Is ruled with useful 
practical tip* that stem from 
experience, tiut it does not 
documani the Plus compittely - 
some of the error messagea are 
not listedi and several tachrucai 
feelures are only mentioned in 
passing. H's a good n>anual, but 
woukj nevertt>dess benefit from a 
rewrite. 

The magazine FORMA Fisa^as. 

wiih a tr'^ -Ture of technical 

artidies nd gossip. 

Subscnpiicin^ cost CiOayear. and 
if I were tmytng a Plus D as a 
present I'd be sure to include a 
subacriptiorv User groups Wee this 
one make the purchase ol add- 
ons tun. rmlher tttim a rt;k 



GETTING STARTED 
WITH 
CUFF RICHARD 

When you rirst QM your Pius you 
must k>8d a cassette to letl the 
interface abowt your s€?t- up The 
program (oads after about three 
minutee, displ^ a neat animated 
screen arMf B£EF^ out Cliff 
Richard's sixties Euroviskm hit 
CotigmtidBttor^ Three tidy 
screens of taxi fodow. and you're 
then asked to spadf) ' 3 erf 

your disk drive and p 
nonthraaiarting quastion-and~ 
answer sequence- 
There are some memoradDie 
printer opikms, like a facility to 
print ^oectrum user-defirwl and 
block gr^hlcs. There's a fast 
screen COPY ot:itkx>. and a sk>war 
shaded printout. The program 
tnWaHy assumes you've qui an 
Epson pnnler; it's easy to 
customise Ifw control codes sent. 
as long as you've got something 
sImMar and can tkia your way 
around its manual. 

When all theduestions have 
tteen answered you so invited to 
put a blank ifisk in the drtve so that 
if» machine can formal It tuvi 
stash away the system details. 
After making extremely sure 
you' vo put the r^jht disk in. the Rttie 
light on top of the Plus D goes out. 
10 show that the <Ssk is bu^. ft 
takes about a minute and 40 
seconds to irmaUse a 780K disk. 



THE MAGfC BUTTON 

The aasieil way to use the Plus D 
is via the m^gic button on the top. 
You can U^d games or otfwr 
programs as normal, ar>d then 



press the button at ttie point at 
which you want to SAVE them. The 
button freezes the program 
temporariy and lilts tfie border 
with a pi^em. wfuie the system 
warts for you to press a key. 

The digits 1 and 2 print the 
screen out, in aithar format. Key 3 
saves tlw screen as a disk file. 4 
savasan entire 49K program, 
wiciuding the screen. 5 saves 
1 28K, and X restarts the program. 

This snapshot mode a r«tetfv#y 
simpie. You can't choose file 
names, enter POKEs or check rf a 
disk is fuR. Beware, even if you 
thmk tttere's enough free storage 
to fnoki a program ^ the Plus D can 
Tit no mora than SO flies on a disk, 
and if this linvt is exceeded 
attempts to save win fan and give 
nonrkassage. 

When saving a l2aK program, 
you musl ten the int«l8ca vmich of 
the two possit>ie screen displays 
the profFam was using, so the 
n^ orw IS picked when tf^ 
snapahot reloads, tr the picture 
changes part way through the 
SAVE, you must enter Y to tell the 
Plus Dtochoose the other screen; 
Difwrwise, type N 

The martial says that a 48X 
program saves in lust over three 
seconds' - in fact 1 measured the 
time, including a penod of 
dtectory-searcNng that pcecodos 
moat riie actions, at ahc»A aiafM 
seconds, or 16 for ,^ 

Loadir^ '"''•■"*- atMXj: ■. sime. 

Spee>' itdopendingupon 

yourciKvcr diiu whoi'seiready on 
the disk, but Plus D Snapshots 
should be fast enough for almovt 
anyonef 

Snapshot Tries are fKit 
compfiessed as ttwy woiM be t^ 
the Multilace. txjt you can still fit 16 
4QK snapahols, or six l2aK orws. 
on a singie disk 1 couldn't find any 
progname that could not t>e saved 
at the press of the button, t>ut 
programmers and hardware' 
designers compete constanlty m 
this area, so there are probably 
one or two resistant games 
around. 

The Plus is fairly oompetit)ia 
with pr o gr a m s designed to work 
wTtfi microdrtves. It recognises the 
same BASIC commands as 
Sinclair's Inierface 1 andalao 
hantSes the hcxk codes that 
mach i na-code programmers are 
SUPpOSfldtOUSe. 

sadly Sinclair made rslfwr a 
mess of these codes, so many 



exi8tir>g programs jump straighi 
into Ifw microdrtve code. This 
works OK with Intorlace I . or wHh 
a Swift Disc as long as you've got 
their ErmMtor ioatied so the dtsk 
code miraics the mioodnve very 
accurataly. ynfortunataiy such 
|umpa usually crash if>e Plus D 

Seea BAStC wtd all the HiSoft 
compitors ara amor>g the 
proowns Which work without 
problems. 1 found that Laaer 
GenAjs and Cheetah's Sourtd 
SaffiyjOar were painiessiy 
eonvortedto run from disk bv ttieir 
microdrhw toaders, but the SOuncf 
Semplef couldn't LOAD ot SAVE 
to disk. Laser Gomuswouh) SAVE 
wx) LOAD l»es, but the CAT 
command crashed ttia system, as 
did r e ta ren oa s to microdrive 2, 

(f you vnnt to use software 
designed to work from microdrive 
with a Plus D you ought to ask 
MOT or thfi uiiw oronfj flhoifl H 
first 

DtSK BASIC 



The i-ius u recognises miertocQ 1 
commands, andmanv useful 
venations of Its own. It aHows 
microdrtve sy^^Uix. to suit exi9tv>g 
microdrives and tiie Plus O M the 
same time. Altamatively, you can 
use MGT's own simplmed syntax. 

LOAD and SAVE work with all 
the usual file types, end SAVE 01 
"namei" TA . ,t ■■r,-.,T,Q2"lot$ 

CCop> J disk, or 

lOntunve U" diiutflOr. 

Unfortunately ttiis won't copy 
snapshots or liias created with the 
Of€N command, Copying is qwte 
fast, even with a singto drive, tmt it 
overwrttfis the program in 
memory , so you shouU SAVE that 
first. 

There are two types of 
CATaksgue; one lots d«k 
filenames In three columns, wfuie 
11.^ .^h^, ^ '" details of each 

irrifber, stteand 

It you're after a quk3k getaway 
you can load arty snapehot t}y Jusi 
(ypir^ LOAD. foikMved by P, 
folkiwed bytfw catatogue numtser 
of the fife. This tnck doesn't work 
for ERASE. tt« commvxl to delete 
a llie. tMcause that would make it 
too easy to delete a file by 
accident. 

You doni have to supply full 
filenannes, even fi'' "--' 
ccmmand& woti( :Aid 



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symbots-for instance, aijuestion 
marlt stand* for any tetter, artd an 
BSieriak starKlstor any Mquence 
ol character, so 

ERASE D2 "Snap*" 
erases all the Ales with names 
startino 'Snap ' OCT drive 2. TNs wM 
MxUude all the snapshot fdas, 
which are gtven anxtrary names 
when the sysbam creates ihem. 
Later you should rename them 
wflih a cofhmand HHe 
ERASE OrSnapCIA" TO 
"TochTpa" 

OPEN and CLOSE sat up fitas. 
accessed with print and INPUT 
or INKEYS The normal microdrtvo 
syntax is extended so you can 
expUcitiy say whether you want to 
fsad or write a tile, t)ut you can'l 
use rarxlcm acceas to skip around 
a f)te at will unless yoti're also 
i»irg the latest version of 8a(a 
a4i»^ - a line add-on for senous 
BASIC programmers, but Crt 6 
extra. 

As co mpensation, everyone 
gets direct access to the dis<K 
surface, tn 51 (H>yte lumps, via the 

hBCWriQC€Hlnm.inrl^ LOAD f« SOd 

SAVE ('t.Pi ■ nmarids let 

you change ■'•v j^j-.^m 
conflgunmon as a BASIC program 
runsAUST and LPRINTsend 
programs and data to the printer 
port of your cho>a>» arxl 
SAVE SCREENS copies the 
disptay to the printer. 

MOVE titmsftjrs data from one 
stream to another. 1 28 BAStC 
crashes if you try to MOVEafte to 
the screen, but 4aK BASIC ists 
you IWIOVP iiaia lo any devtf* 

STRONGLY 
RECOMMENDED 

At its£129.95 fMal pnca (indudtng 
the 780K-capacity S.Snnch dak 
fkml the Plus system is 
stron»gly recommended lo anyone 
fnitiratsd by cassette (oadbig. K's 
even worth consMdenrtg just as a 
prjriter M(^hc.a ii there s a 
poesib want cft&k& m 

future 

Sixword's £1 50 Swilt Disc 
system (ravtewed «\ CRASH Issue 
44) is slill competitive. r>erticulariy 
If you're Intarasted in ufagcadiftg 
from a mtorodrive system. Both 
the Swift and the Ptus D have 
unique leatures, and they're much 
closer in price than any 
cornpetltors. 

Anrtstrad's Spectrum ^3 has 
senous comptUibUity problems 
and needs a £45 Muitif ace 3 
before it can even approximate to 
the perlormance of an older 
Spectrum with a third-party disk 

Posl-Chrtslmas trade rumour 
has It tt\«i the +2 sold quite well 
txit the • 3 bombed, m the 
absence of much software on the 
slow and pricy three-incti disk 
format. It won't be surpn^ng if 
there's a further twg cut ir» the price 
0* the + 3 soon, fdlowtng the C60 
cut to r 1 Ti -' *^tomtwr , Even so. 
r don't 11 tempt many 

people .»dyown 

SpBcti pertlcular l2dKs - 

away ir un< tno Pius D or Swift 
8y«iems. which are mpemr 
upgrades. 

66 CRASH February I9&8 



SPECDRUM 
SYSTEM TWO 



CHBTMTt SotcOnm iMdogi a om at me 
most MtuM* Mdi sfiCAoU al^wi joi on 
1^ lorH»S0«drun,KnKin Ihw 40;)00uun 
fmt t/niOi dscowed Tw r«*5 iiw the 
iMidia'nepnxiucittasfellieintinlChMtai) 
h« lust reiywd « Ktfen psdait. 
ynmtfratiMiy ciM it* SpecOitftt Syst«n 
Tm, for ountn of IHt onvnatdeviet. 
Ihi $(Md)wn produces wy Mitferrttc ckun 

awl i1%ii«n i«ffds fay nptoj^iaivies - tvf 
tiUBaliwitMnl>iii(MC(fe*iowiil«Ms- 
ItiroM^t » tttaboi thil tftfi ISO the teck d' 

onpiddiK'fit^w, atd Hioiiil) tt« Spei : 
!Ui1iasKanlea&iC0inidH«rvst^ j .«', 

caniviionsmTlori(itayi^ytpf(amn«$9unife 
undncotnpuiircontrdSpecOiuiniauvfehne 
teen heard on TV and Fidto proffwa, Md Mn 

TIM MK SptcOrum ttsts i30Hidc«Bat&ol 
an jBtnlKe to II on tlM bKk Of ttw cotnputer. 
«#ialaaaiflii9fwlM4toa«Neytaunditoan 
vnpUiK T>« tasMlte soAmr ietiiiw Ptoy 
aouvd Mtit » 'Ur (K spto ti^it tfot fotf^ K 
t time, Dw Mwnth art imnged «i etirc< VMpt, 
■rtd you c« play aiy one sound tti]>n 1 group a 

aiyhK. 

Vvw use sdundi from wvml ptMS et once 
Ihe ipecOtum aulonialicjiy mm Dw wurKto 
bgnttwr McstoOcrdcitct)- notably the RAM 
Huiic Uadvie ' 0Uy short tnalcta of eici<i 
sand m hn. pw« a less conNmi (ttect 

Theon0nilSp«a)niRi wftMrc Wsywsinl 
iQfKtvrdninpaRirrsonihucmriindfeptiy 
ifwn it anr tarrvc. AKamalMhi, you can efller 
ierii|iamivaadtdrun«MiMduly.bytapptn| 
I coavgiar key M Hte rest of the iMltsm ptQ& 

TtcSystamTffOMlaimidwnneitMlar, 
asd lets you coniRiiileMtsaHndidifedljrfroni 
ad^accrt keys on ttie kejtoanl 

soumcQHmoL 



trie run fjtain^ iji o.)f)i4ni Two <Mr Be 
gn^niSpKOrumMAMirc B tfsd A Ami mm 
cortrofeMr|l«dn«ftioundi You can lure flwii 
t« and doan m pUdi by up ts Iwo odaves ^ the 
>QiiHi^niqli>inro>49nota«HpiaiO You 
can ibo piqr tan badimrds. or took at (he 
inpti at a sound and a^ial 0* tdkane ol Ihe 
vftok or any part Tfus yett cat rale youT Qwi 
<>vn sounA subOt. dlsbidM or (Mth a tail of 



etoOboM 

M ntl )0u can or(y (4il and (tpliir Hw tfK 
soudsthat ire dlgMy recorded on iheottwr 
»dt o' tte t^rof^ tape The suppM samples 
indudibe»indmredn)msnnK«iKtrcand 
scayM; toaMomL open aid doHd Ntf I lai 
c^mbdi, landdipi and a d^ 

1he» raw p(Cor4np u» the maunim 
dynamic dnse d the vflanv 10 they can Ik 
la««d and cdled W41 vey MBe delHwrabon n 
i^uirty YoucanltienasaeRtteiheKitfdifilo 
luts that canbe LS«dMttli(hcitandardSp«cDrvn 
pro^nm. <^tir\K in ompnaf SOur^ ' you lAtL 

FREESAimiS 



To |rt best r«ul& ttotn the ^ntam T*o you n»ed 
Qactahdoundianptn-ailSftmottiitm 
yotr record yov oun Mwidiin tte Mnpi^ 
-#mo»y 

S'-*' ^ It* Specftum SlJtem T»o somare 
-anting The pnro^ B the same 
.. . . aO«(tahsaund4ainpier(irognHa 
rffMeacd m C^MSH lait jfsar, but Sjfitifli r«o 
improves upon lome d4 Its best featum and 
thoae of the fUM Music itocNne software 

The main ddKo^ly Ki iKoninggDMl 6wn 
sounds at tame B that ihe SpecOrun cr. only 
cope irtti vny ihort nosei. ttw lonfBt sound il 
carvhandksorityabaUainlhofaSeConl T)« 
Systtm Two Sarnpler hiB %e same itstndwn. 
and doesn^ W you adt It* deiMd part oU c< a 
lanpr rectfdai SB I can take quile » lev tnei 
lo record a soutd attout totM Ik start or the 
e<id itniltiar doplay ophon, wM, tfon )Du t 
tokdvaphollhcwteitiecordaitfyouninse 
IheVkey. 

The nsinded sanfiie lentf}) mears that you 
canttlhaprofrain.ak«otii|f<»unliandthe 
dmnt panam or sampit bait tdled into 48K 
IMIethetovMlsanifker'soNntoftMtre. but Uk 
the RNM Mksc Uadwc B«d the Ant SpecOrum 
oroflnm. System 1*0 «9om the ei6i menory 
onaSp«divnl2S 

R Hiics aboul 20 seconds to load or save a 
tamfile on csHttle. and t«o mralet lo s»* « 
corrvleie kit gf ei^ drum Mhcfodnve ling Q 
imparted, aid I tad rsbsuMilMlrf aid 
swmsampiesonMSMtlMkMlniSmiordi 
inciodme enUator ttes loaded and saved t) a 
le« seconds, rtsardess of s». The protram s 
tuffSedaiahcadaMttape He. S9 ii »n« (asy 
to Iranafer « to dak aiMoiil a i>«»£4ufton 
deweNeaiMbcA 

WA¥i£DmNG 



The System Tw % tutic *4iof diipiayv lh< 

MCbM graph oil a sarrple. spread over 12 
dtsplay pagev wth oe»dol rapcearanglta level 



oteacnindiwxkiilaHnplfrAncordiniHriadciip 

ofJOT? separate siffipWiev"^ v^.-w.^,,.^ 
about n steps of had I P^ nr- 
potiborM Conor at any port 

foiieaeedffthesancaen- 
new«ead)datonlfie9«^ 
a4tattt«)ew(ofaforpvto^. 
draw a ime or EJtVEOi^ The noluTic a 
utonabcally a4|ucta4 thittoM t^ »npl«. 
to cormpond to D« itapc of the kns 

TUe Utyou Ml the pddi of the lanpfe up 
sr dotn by » vifnione. over a ian|p( of ^ or 
latwhROoctAes 

Reducet the pSch of a «m mact A tonptr 
Um eitta Monnaben s bst 

Tbe EWa Off wd TUNC opbons defide »ie 
qudiily of the leconing si«htfy, but they're sM 
usM 

RTHERSC ivms tfw sample anuid so tot < 
(Kayt badnaidi, The CUP opion jtsi cab git 
tfoi#iaid peaks outside ce<tan botfidanev 
ien0ilyca«nf4Btorton 

HyoidonTlheftierfestdlsfidanpyoucani 
LNDO H to iKwer the previoui KitfKt N and 
|ilavlt« nn ind oicfvencnsstoiQucanaasiiir 
compve the sounds be<cre ir<S aAer edihni 

ummrtms 



ki tt« tan cmile of )»«) nucti ipace n thai 
cobann hac been deMMtto cdini and 
csnmttngV«$aunlia«iMdsttlhe angini 
SpeeCkwi\BMlClieeWi1tolBw4»caatettoMs 
ofpreffcsrdedsonndi 

n* Syttcm Ttra lets yoH danp (hi 9(ch of 
those sounds, but d wl only lit <.(iu sifiiKr tlw 
irtk«ie of hortwTWJe sampi- 
soundisuppk«t«iih Systatc- : .. . 

CheAhjuMesthtfithagrvundslMfiieW 
sotffti have aktsdy been balanced and atten|t( 
10 (hanet ihef vohane my tud lo «itf a nose 
ordstoiTiDn 



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Tfw Sp«d)(um System Tm worte ml and tii 
t« useU Is keen SpecOwnrncn. but 1 ft a 
Hwne that « hit Imtttont Ml reduce (he 
«ope tor eii|)eiiincn(aiion (I hope to remM 
th«<rtuiureCfVVSHes|. 

SttR. 4 s a t«o-Vftir oD (vodua and (hi tit' 
mat 4 cw be edtnded at al a a tiMe t» the 
oi^prvl des^'t' 

liogalnad»OMtheChecblt»iind]am(der. 
9aSpecOiumSystanTmBciccitntiakK.and 
pfowlss a nwiuidiar knkiMiMCfl the sampier 
and 0)tSp(cOi«n 9tan I haw been at* to 
MTtafea ft these pagei 6u( dortl (a«ed fi« to 
slop now. jat »ffw» thmas »f geftnf 
mtentsling 



NEXT MONTH: 
SUPPLEMENT AND 
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Playiivg Tips and Adventure Trail in 
the biQ leaoue - newt monih's 
Orssh will taature a tS-page Tecfi 
Tips Special packed with 
mrfTft^Ting reading, krxlkJdlng new 

comprfjhenanrti 
,. .^, , .,.,^ duve raviews o4 most 
thrige good and tsctMtlcal, 

There wilt also be fu^ detaSs ol a 
Tech Tape, availBUe direct trom 
CRASH at a atviafl chiM-ge Ttie 
Tech Tape ii a eompencfium of 



useful arvd lnior«stir>g ulifitles.and 
stiould be tncredibia value tor 
money, wfietfier you're a 
Cvomputar-i^ar ot a prajprartWier. 

The tape (hctudee a fast, 
conoee tuFtx» loader and 
prolfiction routines, which you can 
use in your Own ca&sette 
programs: a raxnpMe oompier 
which translates ZX BASIC into 
very fast machine code; a real* 
time sovix) prooe»or for anyone 
with a Sampler or RAM Music 



Machine, plus new &tudio- 
rscordad drum sounds; n Sample 
editor, and sampje-converslon 
routined. Ttiere's even a graphics 
garrtt in there, to demonstfats how 
well the BASIC compitor woritst 

Issue 50 of CRASH goes on sale 
PebfuarySS. 

In the maefttinie« il you'd tike to 
pass on an ortghtf tip snd win t33 
worth of sotlwira. if you've got a 
(f>ew) technloaJ F>niblem. or n you 
warrt me to review somathInQ, 
pleasa wnta to' 

Simon N GcMdwin, Tech Tips, 
PO Box 10, Ludkiw, ShfOfotttim 
SYSIDB 

\ can t answer letters persor^lty , 
even if you enciosfl an SAE. but will 
tscMe pnevkM^unsolvad tech 
tessers in Tech Tips. 



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It's 7.00 in the evening. You've just finished 
another meal. You should do your homework but 
something is calling you from tfie garage, Sonf*e- 
thing that would terrify the neighbours. Something 
agile, fast and deadly. Pegasus the Patrot Hydro- 
foil Missilecraft. The temptation is just too much. 




the authentic handling of t^ATO ally 

hydrofoils: US. Italian and Israeli, 

76mm water cooled naval gun. 

Harpoon and Gabriel missiles. 





8 real liie missions and 
on screen maps. 




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Julian RignaJI and Steve UttaH vh\l British Afrways' Flight Crew Training Centre 
and speak lo Chrti^ Barnes^, Senior Principal Engineer Uimulatorih) and John 
Silver, Pubtic Affairs Manager (fligli I operations arnf toe hni cat) abou I th^^^tale' 
oi-ihe^-nri ftig^hl simulators used at HeathroWrandtheincreasinii importance of 
a(ivdni«rd lethnology in aeronautics. 

British Airways 




Amoiwst ttie mats of buildings on ihe wtntnMiU 
yde oTl-kathraiw Aifpofl 1i«. flriUHK Airwity\' 

FliahfCttt^T* -" - »^ .-..,.»- ...|. i-ietv^ 

piJurv and p. 'Iieif 

PhKPs ua onr iji ! k iiig.'" MmuiJitK'!! currefillv 
mnj'iedthtT<' riwiettalM>4Cc>nciwde%iriiiiytor 
atFilttm rnSrivtt)], 

All n •<<m!)1,^!of»«i^ on « constant 24 hour 
'•I- iWdfofbetwcpnlfctoiibourv 

iJ ' 1 leHconverwjn irjinin a of *hos« 

being |j;ivfn tbptr milndiitDry hi-jrinuAl 
ptotKwnLy Ltwtk JswitiMht' simul.iir»n' high 
jlilf-jiion The sirTiuliifrtr> t-n^urt* thai their ^ilh 
nuf t Ihi? hi|^ v|jnd,ard fequlrE^d by Srjtish 

THI SIMUUTOR 

IuIliWI and Sww hokpd at 4 fiocing 73?-20O 
<.imLilt"ilor anrl w,' ■ "<igh takeoff and 

Ijndingprocpdii; ..irrK^ 

Tfiemiiin cut k|^>l .Mui Ui^fj-ltiy is 1 ,1 

Lirpc r ii h'lrf M ippn rtpd by J l>t-^ nt • ■ ■ . i i-c 

f f ickpti is via ^ <.miih 

U'.: ^ rcfnoved dunnj; iho 

'iliglM'. to iemw IIm' vmuLiiar frcv u.indinfc 

T'!--,. t ,. I rvii .f(i,| is.ipiHl(i>( I rcpn*s«>ni,itipfTof 
\i> I on the iKtu.il ptdHf, wMh ih^ 

e)ni-iH-i..i III ,1 -^mall jrca to ibe rear cif ihppilo* 
jrnj lo.pilnis vOiiK wrhith ttnlldinv t'quiprm'nt 
rvetessarv to (Jw funning of [fif >imul,ir!jr .indior 
ihc tnkKiTUlkHi of Ihp iMintri^ irtb.rruntnr 
ovrfweinK the crew. 

The tefm 'Mfnulator' i* compile in evwy 
wme of the word, ^knct' the hardware and 
wtlwdtr work in coniunction to crtdte i louJlv 
(onwictngiirHl phyMfiilly re^^lr^n (l\•tn^ 
(•rmrnfunfdi fvcrv i.jt •!<»# tHe'iK>roplan<i«mdih 
fl i If ikIui «l to vitihin an 

f\: .- .. n, , ..'■ '.i. v It! opcTrtting liniils set 

liv ibi" CAA - tht? Civil Airlinifv Authfirily 

t; 1 — ...^. |,-|^ ijj ihuhl i» athievcdbv 

!h 'ffrt jfia ihelhret* 

rti . ^' ' • =.,||<^ 

(iL. , ,in 

pull r i.U I 4S tj in 

[i)e Utvfdl ,v ■ -.fly 

^imuiiilingdCbvJtiidtHvrt <imi tietek'rdiMjn in iilt 



direct to«i«. 

Tht* two fiirwarri ^nd two side viewsi imm the 

cd<:k|>>' ■" 'vick"d by fcHir Hionitfiri, whose 

imagi ' I < ■<{ into I h<^ wi ndixw .tred by a 

beam sputiLT tQllimiLtin); mirrnf svsti»m, 

The Boeing 737 hji d duskru^jtit lime vnual 
syidetn wfikrh act yrjldy prcjvides dll ground 
lisd>nt and iiJrfK»ri build ings. an tthtmce for the 
pTbt 

The high conirast/hi|th mohitkmrCwt update 
neednl f o create an duthenik vlsudl diH>^ 
itijikn ordinary TV' si ufn^ n,<dLincian| - the 
noimni high pp- .iihiKi*- fav tuhr rrrajps 

glarp and 'coni' "■■"-■ ''•- ■"''■^ ir),, ,i 

points nf lig^i 1 

dtndii ' i^untO' draw ■I'll -^ 

ifnage un iii.j pHL-spnur-toatedicrcen. 

ToJouf h drtf'f min*^ tty ihr 'depth' tc wftich 
t'*' ■■■ ' , .. ■ ■ iH.«sin?dm 

i- ifffedii 

l'f>' ' ji ■li ,1 III f<MiiiiMl'Hr(ttit'eitLiii<iltunle\-('U>' 
itM.'Lixrriin-.. i.?ir-, iivt^ahenngth^w^nrdenjith 
of Ihr iwiitt^ i ifthi Alt points of one colour aic 
displayed, then the voltage of llw gun a<>d it) 
fix id kngif^ are jjtofed and all the potnK of a 
riifTerinft er^kiur are plolled and so on. Tt»e 
refrt-ih rate of lli>e m reen li ^i* high a<i 10 Hi - or 
nr' ■ v ^^ mil|i«»rof "^ "he bpw 

I' > dns IS Inidify dile. 

;Min miv wsivm, ^e«3^lJ^llJ■ << only to 

iht' pojnt sjjn' .^1 (he beam ar>. ol of the 

available X and V co-ordinatps ul the fk-iclron 

Tnt tiAsdwaft pmpkjyed Jn trp. 
updaimgthethrnMaimenWinaJln^ : h 

airport i» bdvetl .irtHjrtd .1 Rwtifffusinn ^p I sv-fefn 
using a Ifc-Bil Texas instrunwnis ^Kin Tln- 
UrM>ih^ 737 vrtUiil iV"i>t*'m can geiK iayj 

of About 20 acIudldirpon^uHKloii ^r. ,,..., 
Airways shorthjul routes and the data H?quired 
fcw each airport arnliliMJ "-'"•-• ^on 

a 500K eigrit-irkrh diNk. .■. .^ up 

ameTir64K. 

Aj^hfwrj^h fhi'i!rnjt5»«"iyt|i«fTnv|,iv*fln krnfwrrtdnT 
n ■ r-nl, 

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inpt/ls. iind the HMtiAl char^tei^lC't n/thi- 
aerupfaine. ilvtrim and Ihe tonwqu^i 
lo iHe pikjl via conlfoK. mvtrument* At,^, n... 
CJilefior view. 

The m,i I n ivstem boa^b a Ckiuld J 2>8 70S with 
a 32-Bii \mh sti<>edf1oalin]ipcHni (woee^^ir. u'<ih 
!|i;)Uf Mil prryMcal memory tudteH -. a 

mtif n-^iJ 1'*tfi Wh WirKheiiisr tiafti • • ) ,in 

tix\t}" I'ltctapedrlw AgM tW 

capui I he hafdw.irf .Tiu' ■ ■ vou 

consKlt-Mhiitibebusbai Mb 

pi*fvt*torwJ, which meai 'fofj 

al aMHind iZOOOK e^try wconri" 

Ttw romputcf consf.ii''f!'. ^' ■^i*. 'In- whrite 
tiju'r.ilionsdetk, inclLKJi jl input 

ti mil- " -*'- ■"^" wh.ii ■-!■■' > ■■■■- ■•.*■' «n the 

plam Slow ttie ti t(^l path has been 

alien htiw ihe pGirii ■ .■ 

posi I ■ ' I" view ff'um 1 1 1 ■ 

!'■ ■ I id readouts . I 

■ Hh*»f k fhnHJiRi 

^ iiKihHicvdpafalk'l 

>rre<. t amount ctf 
pressure nn ttw conifol rolumn, f ^idrU^f p«iak 

.inrE ^ii.itE^ ^{«'11i'-Tlr^jf1il- I II brklk irii' i it/n'f\l Ifim r>l 

'Uhe 

fitffhl). 

^ ■■ ■' lula^h^eft" ■ ' ■ ^lon. 

!**ckpitJ'. lily 

.lU[JM.'nlk. L-SpiTIIL'JH.L' Ul ttighr. 

TO THE FUTURE 

M i^;' *i Tf I ",-•■*>■?■ *i '■^ '■ -'I lO A 

747-400 sent", full r 1 -imulatur 

'iri ' in llto'ear, Bom s-,sic(ii>. 1 'ii .mnut £I0M 

' ithe avionics iv»lennii alnrH- < osl iJMK 
increatintg Ihe value of itie entire ec|U)pmeni 
within ihe c offiph^K 10 artxind £ t iOM . 
ChrH Bamw *umv up by vofeiflgot ■ 
ttMJW.T\'.itw".iff *Weon!vtit>5?^:iriewhi'ri 
rwtt inMhrUlest 

requirement 10 keep up witfi i* 

[jrowth .irea nort i^ vivn-'f^ ■■.( 

pOwe* Will Ik' usedun I .in 

.iiYirthinfi e*Ne. Vit'rpR*^:""- ■">;"■■» .*.M.w»-ik«d 
iD gr.ipbK<i in lull dayliglii, wilh the abifity lo 
prnvidefiillgmundbawdjirt'— • '"■ reol 
weathiT conditKins. Improsi 'ns 

jn?*.!! '■ ■■ ' .i;i->,s!i'li- I ■ '1 1 

punv niulator^ r . ■ .-. 

dependitd iot on iFw iiiil-iUiv. Wt- .\ 

crealvacompMeccimbiileiipeiit I. mid- 

air rettM'llinii to ih^ifhH and bumbmiit run^ 
wiihoui ever k?avingRic fimunrf' 
Indeed, umul^ilon h.' tl sue h 4 pt\ik 

1 il r*-.ilii,ni fll.il R-\ ^1^^ ,11 ' .'<-tri Fln»hl- 

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been on Eartti before. 

It came for ttie ttirill 
of the hunt 

It picked the wrong 
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search through your Spectrum SCREENS 




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DOME TO 
DESERVE TtaS? 

PET SHOP &OXS 
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staff cf owning round my Sfwdnim 
and lecluring rtw aboul th« gqod 
Did days - rKanks tc tong- 
asttbiishe<t On The Scfmo 
OMlrilwIw Malthew Arnokl. troni 
Newport Pagnetl in 

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^ A nightiTWB Iti the CfUSH offlCft 
this scrMA iSflpictiiH) iw«aM^ 
fdvauritp tilm murdier ffwStf 
Krurgcr arrives liofn Aun Grwsf 
Saltcaat:^ m Ayrshire Coiftur t* 
useO Ip iHwerlul efltcl m Alan's 
picture, t»4setl on the ctiaiictm 
frorn ITie .VyfJfmjw L)n£wrSJ's«l« 



ir n's tfMHs CtHRimtiuitlt tn (uU, 
again Iroir Matthew Arncrtd 




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Ftt &hap Btiyt nuke it ofita Htc 
Slpacfrum scracn. Whit lim urn 
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A llw sleeve arlwofk of i?wg<n1ar 
Madonna's h'ln" Bhic album was 
adaplBil by MfeaFson, irom 
WamtxMinK in tt» West Midlands. 
wHh iiic* lIlMlitHI *IK} 4 n vtleicllM 
bkH mo B dd if ptwe m^^&e .niSdress 
al mm Whilrhnuselypp lettrrs 
tbwf Mqdann.i and Ihs? 
iiniTKK3li1v iif young people Itmit 
days fp Paul id's see litiw many 
piGtiiirE« o( MadDrna I can fit 
sound rny A{if tcoI ' Sumner . . . 




A Mitttiew AmoM takcf to the screen sigain wtlh Ihls shal frNn tii^ rmpresiln 
tfvnifi J nice, cohHirtul. and amusifij new angli- un Ma^tertrgnic's FhmT. 
wWi pietlv carloon characters 





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Coftl^c^ IS |ust itte sod or itiing I 
1o male hi my FildfnK ri I evQf 
get pjid iDf (ki The S&iofii Martin 
St^wniUHi's eiuiMit detaM 
makes up Iw Itie lack o1 colouf . 



A Skutt^ ind mofxn and lots and lats at blue; an dM &cmn ftom Martin 
S^levcuson ot War^lcy ntir Mftftllllf, Iwl lii>-{»n<> c^n deny lis orkginality. 
We dwi 1 get m»nv ImHkitlad tfiUHs Mn «t lh»s li rni; ol i|fi;ar 



The standard of 
SCREENS is rising sH 
the tjmef and it gets 
ever harder to select 
the best ones, but I'm 
not compfainjng (for 
a change!). 

Send yours to 
MIKED, ON THE 
SCREEN, CRASH, PO 
Box lOf Ludlow, 
Shropshire $Y8 WB, 
and remember ttiat if 
your work is printed 
you'll get a full-colour 
framed 'n' mounted 
screen dump of the 
masterpiece, 
courtesy of Rainbird* 
(Sorry to all those 
who've been waiting 
for their screen 
dumps - I'm on the 
case.) 



GET INTO CRIME! 

In the late 1990 s ttie streets of Hew York are a Jungle. 

You are the Ice cool leader of a gang of drug crazed 

terrorists. Your main goal is to become the richest, 

toughest and most notorious gang In the city. 




FREE! 



SEND YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS TODAY FOR YOUR FREE TRIAL OF 
ITS A CRIME THE WORLDS MOST POPULAR PLAY-BY-MAIL GAME 

Write to: - 
KJC GAMES, PO BOX II, CLEMUTS, BUCKPOOL UNCS FYS 2UL 



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THE Ttiird Brilish Plav By Mail 
con^^tkjn will be huM on 
FebfWBfy 2Q ai «h« Porctiester 
CeniFe ir London, ri Mill indixfe 
gpfttelaurtchsa, cofnpotHkms, live 
FDi^-fMaying demonstrations, Bf/ 
tofitasy ttah, a swap atiop (bnng 
iity cornpletii board gdrr^Q, D 4 JP 
pieces.. ORIGINAL sortware etc to 
sell gr swap), ta^lurM. a bar an^ 
mysdtr As over, the last two 
features will b« found ctuite dose 
iHDoethw . . 

Most matof P8M coflrkparMe wll 
be attending the convention, and 
the; e are always a (air lew 
newcomers there. 

The oonverttion is always worth 
vtaitinQ. wtth many berQaHis to b« 
grtfited and plai^rs io meet tt's 
a good hdea lo wear a badge io say 
who you are in whatevw garrie you 
p4ay 



Ht, STANDARD 

One ol ihe major displays at the 
convention will of obaUy be the 
launch of Staraard Qamaa's first 
P6M 9ame (the company la wall 
known lor ita suceesffti board 
eamm\. Oavtd Norton o< Standard 
Qamss saya a PBM version of 



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Dark Bta^Ms is imminent, and 
though Siartdard 0«mes*s 
dssignwB haven't yet peifected 
tfte varBlon to be marketed . Norton 
hopes the display at the 
conventkm win give a good id^ of 
Dull Blades. 

Oafk ^ades fa a fantasy game 
for up to too players wh»8 the 
players are apd t first mto rBC«s and 
than charftclff types, There are 
two types of race and two types oi 
character: in both cases the 
dwtce 1$ the player's- 

Each player is set severe quests 
to compMa before going lor the 
big one - a quest to find a mysticai 
ot^ect. The first player icoompiete 
all the quesia and totind the object 
wttts the game. Rayer s imerad as 
Uw gameprogreaaea - there'ii be 
more details next isaoe. I hope 



MEGALOMANIA 
CURED? 

Humour has it that problems wnh 
the software governing nwwilx 
Oarnev's AifefnllbmayiM, oneof ine 
most enjoyabte games of 1907, 
have been overcome (lamous last 
wofd?F) and fhat Game Three is 
SOOT to t» Eaiunctied. 



Meanwhile, the man 
responsibte lor the Megalamanh 
Idea. Andrew Dodd, has another 
game 10 his steeve - to be njn 
WfstnriaJy from the PhoefiJj( 
house. K'a called flwOrOtOt 
Cftaostt^ Dodd's idea is a novel 
Q«>e. 

Vou, the player, are a World 
Shapar. eibi^^wKlefs will know 
Geriesift, and that's bastcaUv tM 
book ot itve game. Agawnt bH sorts 
of derrMXHc opposition and 
irrttation you must shapa the Rj ver 
Of Life to ' cnaats a s^tattte 
environmefit for Qvilisation', It's e 
cracking idea [iitterwtingiy 
paralWed by Ocean's new 
Atari ST/An^ game Eco). so 
more details after the ofTiaai 
laundh. 



CHEAP 

INTERPLANETARY 

WARFARE 

HarraM Postal Gsmaa 

{moderator of The Weaporii has 
ret^ntly launched a new game, 
Tht Omafftt Mcfor. This is 
another gama of interstellef (well, 
interpiarielary according to the 



ruH^atnott) tfepiomacy and 
wargsmjog The player's goaJ is 
simply survival you are one of 20 
pianeiary rutars wisfijog to coninri 
all the praneis of ft« Omega 
cluster. In the baginrking you have 
a homeworld. a (aw fta^inips and 
some stariightefs And awey you 
go. 

The company claims Ths 
Onvga Vietaf is simple but fun t(^ 
piay, and <1 kxyks intereshng 
fhOL^ maytK rtot vi^ different 
from a f^sxjf ui of other games . I I's 
cheap, too - only 50p per turn for 
British playars, Harrow Postal 
Games's manager, Jim Gibson, 
will attend the convenuon wttfi 
more knformatKjn. 



The r*orohestar Centre is just tjp 
the toad from Royal Oak 
unde«grQund station (near 
Paddington on the Metropolitan 

Ml. 

Doors 0t the Third Briish Ray 
Ety Mail Convention open at 
10,3Qam ar>d will oloae at about 
S.CXJpm. 

TicRflts cost £2 at the door or 
£1,50 if bought in advance from 
Mike McGarry, 2 Dm/id Court. 200 
LanatfowTtB fktait. Lotvion N17 
9XW. 






NOVA PRODUCTIONS, wh^ch 
wtt& Conquest, is pf omisJng two 
new gvnei for the summar. 
Ancfmft&npinf and Conqu^ 
Of Th0 Slam are bslng impottMl 
from me USAby ticrta 
Productions, wn^ haa made a 
deal Ay th« UK rtQhia WW) tfie 
mm»' Amsrican owners, 
&:htiMt Ar»4 Son Inc. 

Anient Efflpirwi la an 
estiAllaiied Ainahean oarne for 40 
pliyer^ Mt i^n « mytWcal ptanet. 
Players rule empirea wttich. virfiilo 
prodMcing soma goods, are still 
dHpendant upon eactt other lor 
survival, Trade is necnsary, but 
W3F and btooNades are not 
urxXHTirrTon , The game seems to 
have some imefesiing mlblarv. 
naval and economic features^ so I 
await tne rulebocik #iin baled 
breaih 

CdriQiMsC Of The Stars is. as 
Nova hociretty admits, the usual 
type<j* apaw PBM game . 60 
pt»V*rs t3«tlie rl nit over ihe same 



galQx/ With a mullitude of 
spacecraft and milEtary units 
tight I ng over the ever-popular 
L^imale fuel source etc etc 
T>iere*s a promise of alien irfe 
ft»rms as vtisR. tf Cooqueat Of Tfte 
Stats is priced low it could be m 
fierce oompelilJOd wttfi other new 
budoet Qames, such as &^ip90 
and 77)9 Ome^a Hfldof. 

Tliere's a new Ulea from 
Biilzkffeg Oam«a - a comic^toek 
superhero PBM game. 
OaatrMClOf. the multicoloured 
nJeboo^ for this (m&giruitiye ngati 
hand^moderaled launch detaits 
pages VKl page^ of superpowers, 
t>ody pants, tarmm types and so 
on. 

Ar>d for sports fartaiics ttiere's a 
fVnv AnMncaA'WottiaN PBfUi 
game which looks tikfi a good 
simuiatiori. though it's rot as 
cheap m sofne other amaiieur 
mmes. Write to 51^ OsmM. PO 
Box 12. Ecchs. Msnchostsr M30 
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PBM FANZINE FILE 



AMATEUR SPORToomes ^S the 
subject of Tofi Of 7m PM*. an 
easy to-read fanzine offering a fair 
iiew positons m football and 
motor-facing games, among 
otfiers It's on its third issue; for a 
copy send an SA£ to Dave 
Brsnnan , 4 Vv PopkifS. BkkUfA, 
Washington. T^teAnd Wear NESS 



TDfi-ami asK Dave how muc^ it 
costs to fom. becau^ ha didn t tell 
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A top prtzs of C40 worth of sottware (your choioe. not ovrs) and a 
CRASH T-shm IS awarded to the first shp drawn from itw HOTUNE 
votm. and anotfwr C40 of goodiea end a ahirt goes tothe 
ADVEfifruRE afKj C20 of QocKHas end a Hiirt ooos to the STRATEGY 

Four runrtsrs up (rom each ballot Ixw eoii«ct a CRASH T-^irt and 
a CRASH H8t.So9et those votes m to the CRASH NOTUNECHAAT. 
CRASH ADVemJRE CHART and CRASH STRATEGY CHAAT: 
K>BoM Id. Ludlow, Shropahhm SYS f Dfi 



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Partiapa w« sNhiM rename thia Ihe 8tatfc Chart Yet again the 
waip^immm Vulcan IwWa the hwdl^Joualad-for-Bt-alt Number 
One spot anil most osmesnwws orwf m few plac^ tMs rrwntfi, 
wMh Tobruk and Theiir Flnost Hour r*>«ntar1fig the chart . , . yet 
agairt. 

rap |Vt» dNMO fo Oangsf?nouae amf fite sAiaA:k:fc SJ mon PenfeM 
fromBlmJ(WOOtdinQ¥tmntSibmtgmto3m»SknofrifotingtorVUIcan 
and aiao making tot Has m prix* . . . Aunnera-tigp Cirnt* from mS 
corfierf 9f ihm iai**; th*y'm Ttaman McQutgan frwn County 
TynwYe in Norffiem tntand, Mike Cooney from Roreamttuin in 
Eln, Scott Bruca frmn &tm tmk town et Ch«tt#tth»m in 
^ooc^tfrnhlrmr and Andrew Murray from W**t ¥fickhmm in 

Kont, 

84 CRASh 



Hewr*«ifi htflds 0te top two apotsand ttill at Nurr»b«f Two Is 
ZyrvAAs; Exofcm atop* l«at monlh'a Hurri/bof One £ndun> Bac$t in 
tta dirty baoka, jumping up ft^m Number Ptve. Eleewhara 
Bartiartan dktipe down to Numtier IS and another baat*'em^up, 
RanaiQadat looks Hirearter^ng a* It goes up fiva p4acaa to Numtier 
Rv«, M tfM olherend of tha oharL oldtoa Bombja<:k arNi QuB»tron 
make a r e ayp es ra nce with The Sentinel, 

£ven a* jifoti rsadtfifs; tfte Auffcy ivirinBrof IMaiiMn^ 
of aottwrnn and CRASH T-ahlrtwiaba ep rnt big Ma browrr A«psr 
pack»ga - Evan Wolliston of London hao atkad tor atfcfi dal g r i f a 
as Sta^giklaf, £ktlief and 720'. JUao put ot Itm tiat crnna Davkl 
Haffiiei Auffi RadltMch in Wonaatanh^w, Bafiy SmWi from 
tpmvfich, Dewl Aled Jonas (a namo to taavo our aanttnan t a t 
m o tfiare dbnt^-eyvd^ from Qwynaddt mnd Pater Hulchlnaon tmm 
H*b«n 8rU^ Ir) Wa«t Y0«*sMr«. 

Strategy Top 10 



ir*/ 


VULCAH 


CCS 


%m 


AnNHKM 


CCS 


Z14} 


LORDS OF MIDNKllfT 


BEYOND 


^m 


DlftERTRATS 


CCS 


B^l 


REDELSTAR RAIDERS 


RRBIRO 


^m 


DOOMDARK^ REVENQE 


BEYOND 


rm 


BATTLE OF DRITAIN 


PSS 


^m 


THEATRE EUROPE 


PSS 


• H 


TOORUK 


PSS 


10 M 


THEIR FINEST HOUR CENTURY HUTCHirOfJ 





L»^«.*» 



HoUine Top 20 



i($l EXOLOH 


HEWSON 


2^ ZVNAPS 


HEWSON 


3(3) QAUHTLEt 


US GOLD 


4(1i ENDURO RACER 


ACTnrtSION 


B (10) RENEGADE 


IMAGINE 


SW HEAD OVER HEELS 


OCEAN 


7(89 MATCH DAY 


OCEAN 


e (im BUBBLE BOBBLE 


FJRE8IRD 


9 rr41 STARQLIOER 


RAINBIRD 


lOrifi MERCENARY 


NOVAGEN 


11 (im COBRA 


OCEAN 


iZi0i ELITE 


FIREBIRD 


13 im LBADERBOARD 


US GOLD 


14 ft 73 PAPERBOY 


ELITE 


19 tm BARBARIAN 


PALACE 


1«rf« BATMAN 


OCEAN 


17 m URIDIUM 


HEWSON 


16 H BOMBJACK 


ELITE 


10 ('} QUAZATRON 


HEWSON 


20 ('f THE SENTINEL 


FIREBIRD 



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Numtwr Ona fcK more than a month? St fit, st Immt tt 9>vm th* 
oth«r C|3m«3 In the chart tome hope! And two advefituruft from 
M«4t>Qum« H<iu«»^B butHjet atvter M.A.D., SlotmbnrKjor and 
Speujxtund, how ttMtrpoilttona ibow the Beyoivf tItiiH Lords Of 
MidniQfil and DoCMTidark's Revenge. 

ert0t Barr in Bitn^ngham bfttg* fpPMtptay^ra and thi$ mpitth'g 
Adiwifura Cltaft winner, A Oood«^ la » geid 0^0. His £40 wofth 
afaottman indutioB suciN nUnd-ntntGhinwrn OrHftfmtd Cotossus 
4 Chess, As fmr t9 rvnntrn^ go (which fmqullm^wirith tha v^ifd 
bahiffd tfi^nf, thmrt'a TWnottiy Stone from Wh%chom6 in 
Qtouctsterahtra; Oarren Oourtey frotn NawtownatJboy, County 
Antrim, in Nordtmm iretsml; Mr P Tetitiutt from Prnt^rborough: 
Mid, t^ *nd btag^t of atl, Jonettun Lekln from Mhidt9wtch in 
Cftmhkt. 



Adventure Top 20 


ifiii 


THEtfOBBIT 


MELBOURNE HOUSE 


2(m 


SPELLBOUND 


MAD. 


z(fi 


STORMBRINQER 


MAD. 


4/ffJ 


LORDS OF MIDNIGHT 


BEYOND 


«WI 


DOOMDARiC*S REVENGE BEYONO 


e HQi THE Booorr 


CRL 


im 


KNIGHT TYME 


MAO. 


Bim 


LORD OF THE RINGS 


MELBOURNE HOUSE 


9im 


HEAVY ON THE MAGICK 


. GARGOYLE GAMES 


loffa; 


THE BIG SLEAZE 


PIRANHA 


iifMj 


RED MOON 


LEVEL 9 


12 a 4} 


GREMLINS ADVENTURE INTERNATIONAL 


13 /-/ 


DUN DARACH 


GARGOYLE GAMES 


14&0J 


FAIRLIQHT 2 


THE EDGE 


ia ritfi 


THE PAWN 


RAINBIRD 


ie/-i 


SHADOWFIRE 


BEYOMD 


i7r*-i 


CUSTERDS QUEST 


THE POWER HOUSE 


iB(H 


EMERALD ISLE 


LEVEL 9 


"i^lH 


HACKER 


ACTIVISION 


20 (131 


DRACULA 


CRL 





Producer; Virgin Games 
Retail price: £7.95 
Authors: Andy Green 

an Dare's nemesis, th« 
iMeKon, has r«iumed. 
Having «3capecf Dan's 
earlier attempts to d^Teat Nm, the 
runaway treen has been slaving 
away tn Na lab to p^tiduce a ^uad 
of SopaiTfiBana who are at present 
contorted wittiin P^xtgiass iite- 
suppOiit bubblas m tha Mehon's 
battloGliip. 

Afmod with only a blaster, Dan 
snters the vessel astride his jetbike 
arKl seeks to Und these creatiorts 
and destroy them, As soor as Dan 
blasts the first, however, a eeH- 
cSmtrud aequartcfi be^ns. The 

iMJkTHAH l 



JmiKEi 



** Dan Dars tl ^t fvatly an 
im prc w amami over tha 
original. If anytt^'rvg. tha 
graphic* ara worse: tha 
colour i» ftiil pretty brlglit, 
but the M«ho«i seams to Hav* 
lott Ns Qreenneaa. (maybe 
he's racov«re<d). It tfo«wi*t 
actually lack playstiilKy or 
addlctkin. slttwuBh ItM 
Innovation of ttta 

>r Is to«t in lhi« 
latJan. It you have 
Dan Date, I wiHild think hard 
batara mahlng cRit to buy ih« 
aaqual. " 



" OanOareillsonaaf (tioaaQafnaa that only aaaa tha flght of day 
bacauaa the orlfjinai was a hit. Fortunataiy thara'a enough 
vartatktn (n the oameplay to warrant it» purdiaaa, audi aa tha 
Ofi^on to play anhar chsrecter and tha Incluaion of soma naw 
haxarda - bainfl nucked into tita vantUatlan aystam and so on. 
Tha acSon !• a (Htl>* ny«r« framrtte, ami the ffraphtca are of a 
atandard to It* prvdacaaaor. UnoHgloal, but vtHI 

I 

77% 



^ Nrt worth maMng once, Iff MiflfilMiiofftiirica:Vfe||taeaii^^ 



time remafnino unti) the roi^uLlant 

destruction of the bahle^ip ^9 

shown at the bottom of the screen. 

To oacape a fiery death, Dan 



Jnick L 



octroys ad the SupeiTrwrw on 
the cunrent levet -CNiMy than (So the 
double biaat doors between levels 
open to allow progress through 
the shtp. • 

The Suporfreens and the 




" Tfiii Lataal offartng from Virgin la vetv sMIlsr In preaanitatlon 
Hid graphics to the fir^L Thare i«, however, a rtew storting 
SMiuafice with a waU^anlmatad apace strip zooming through the 
aky, and you have tiw choice of playing Dan DiSra or the M«kon« 
Tha a cia an a tharmalvas are very deialted and the gam« movaa 
•o QuWdy If a dfflcurt to keep a track on the action. Thera ara 
tubaa that ytiu can be sucked down and rnaaalva onnhara to 
avcM ao, there's no tjma lo stop for a chatj Dan Oere li b a raaMy 
naaft follow up to a classic game -Just ttM sort of thing you need 
to Stan tha mw year off with a avringt " 



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PSYCHO SOLDIER 



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Producer: Imagirve 
Retail price: £7.95 
Authors: Source Ltd 

Ybu can't keep a good 
goddess down - tn IhJs 
sequel to imagine'^ AtheftS 
(75% Overall In Issue 45) the 
voluptuous Athena is ofxw again 
baitingi through a dangarai» six- 
leval world, rescuing humantty 
trom a race ot demons 

The 30 K^eens of each level are 
inhabited by these lethal beeata 
bagQlng for a btost from Athena's 
lasar or her t>ombs. She gatt>ers 
pohitsby deatf oylng ttwm. ard the 
power of both laser and t}onrit>9 
can be increased tj^ gattiering 
knna which Athena raveala try 
dfrsifoying rock tormatlons. 

BuH some o1 these rocky 
bk>chages ^ide ieona Chat cart 
quickly draih Alftana'e enerm - 
even the humble miiushroom has 
rts maiievoient magic . 



Trie dashing damaal ntiot leap 
and jump from platform to 
p4attarm. thinking quickly when 
anythirig blocks her way - if stie 
jusrt stands st<li she'll be outrun by 
the constantly scrollirkg landscape 
Sfvi crushed against an 
obstnjctkm. This goddess isn't 



JbymL 



"Why {a Athene batrfg 
ctiaaad t»y tha Kaystona 
Cops? PafTiapA she's being 
hunted down for 

to np ar so t ta tiiig SJndy OolL 
um«lavartha efima, tiw slow 
scroHng acraana arant 
letting her run fastanouoh to 
escape the dsaitty liHiGh ^ 
her cute purauarm. But onoa 
you've maatared the stnrtga 
controla Alherta iafun. '* 



J PAUL L 



" Athena 
mark. Tha gr 
playabHfty 



waagraat 
tgramica 
f aufrafs I 



fun but Psy&to SokSler Is n^wtwra nair V» 
are unimaglnattwa, tha aound ts grtraftng, and 



from tha eponymous star's slow rsacttons^ 
Psycho SoWier also needs much m<Ht» v^ristion: tha first lawl la 
a tarrlbla bOfa^ requiring very little thought " 



86 CRASH February 1988 




imrrortal, ttiough aha Cwi acquire 
lemporary ir^tttStructibHity by 
shooting the gk>be wh«;h hatches 
from the irtetde ot an egg. 
And Athena must destroy the 



^ if • Allien* again 
-tfie'a track, 

itit^ Pgftlia SpftMar 




spaconewt pefsonnel are also 
involved in Ihe^r own l«ud , and Dan 
can becorne caught in the 
cn»s'ir«, Hts vitality is reduced 
every time he's shol. and rt ha 
vitsifty reading goes down io zef o , 
one M Ns six lives are losi 

TTiere era tour levels io be 
oompleled. and if Din roBcties the 
last, he Dnds a pod MHnich t$ used 
to mitoite Ns ^cepe. Oan Da/e 
ff offers the option to ptew the roi« 
of atthar Dan or the Mokon. m 
which CM* 1h$ pl^y^r my^t fincj, 
activate artd efect the 
StjperTreena' Iffe support boxes 
toelofB the ship exp4od«s. 

COmWIBNTS L 



JoytOetta; C4irsof , Kentpston. 

Orai^iica: ptonty of cctour - 
but ctetributfld without thought 
Sound: pretty fBasona^ 
OptioRK oontrot of either Dafi 
or the Mekon 
QaiMrri ratbtQi mtxed 
op^nionA. but oeneraJty 
oohsMered lo oe a decent 
suoooesor, if not enacUy up U> 
the standard of Ovn Dane 



Presentation 
Graphics 
Playability 
Addictive qualities 
OVERALL 



74% 



butfding at the erid oi ^Kh (evel to 
move to the next - to face another 
rrKinstnjus army- 



J HICK L 



*• Psycho Sokjief has ■« the 
fun and f^o9e« of Athana* 
though tfs a Mt toi» slmHar. 
The graphtca arvnt 89 good 
aa tna ortgiftiaf a, the colour 
Is dismal and the number of 
bomba whlziing around your 
hiatt oan be confusing; hurt 
ohaiettaing ganteptay and 

make Psycho SoWier • 
MroiihwhilA foltovtf-up to a 
briUant |]«m«. " 



^COmMENTS L, 

Jh^ytttefca: Cursor. Kdmpeton, 

SitwMf 

GnpMcK Intricately detailed 
and Bmoolhly animated; bu) 
the colour t$ ternttie 
Sound; tune and spot effects 
Qenertf rating: a ptayatjl^ but 
laCMu^Ire rofknvHjp io the 



presentdtion 82% 

Graphics 76% 

Playability 77% 

Add icti ve qua! itiesi 73 % 

OVERALL 7«% 



GALACnC GAMES 



1 




Producer: Act! vision 
Retail price: £9,99 

Irmingham has lost its bkj 
lagain. so on a pLarwi far 
away from tlwir onginpl 
home the Olympic Games lake a 
gaEactic turn. 

Competitors face five awesome 
events tt» 100-metre sJithSf, 
space hockey, psychic |udo, 
heatJ-throwrig and the 

metarnorph iTiarslhon. 

In ihe lOO-meUQ slither, two 
racing Aorms get sat to apeec^iy 
slide akyng (he bvck, bunohing 
tt^r bodies in caterpiUar motk^n. 



JmcK L 



" This la a cute little game 
wtth bright chflriicteni and 
some texlfl^ evants; some 
are drawn out for too lorw but 
you'll eventually t» hooliefL 
ifie gravies are well- 
dvRnea and the shading is 
eJtoaMjnt In some events. 
Galactic Games It a fun buy 
for (ana of ItM cM Daley 
Thompson's Oocathion 

dai^ " 

S4K 



Prassmo keys m the right rhythm 
keeps the intrepid (nvertebcates 
inching ahead, tuxl to speed 
thtns^ up aiKl tiisat ttw 70-&scond 
tune limit they can go ^nto 'super 
slither', Sul too much rLft}b«r(g on 
the ground creates a f ief ce tnction. 
so flarrte-relardant slime must be 
deployeO, 



J PAUL L 



" Ttia onginaltty of spofte 
Hk* head-throwing la one of 
Iha strong points of Gfilfictic: 
Games, and the tether of 
muttHoadlng makes them no 
less addlcHva or fun. All ttw 
jSalactic gemes are visually 
attractive, and rnost am very 
playahte- And though rK>na 
Stands out, the range is wide. 
Including very hard hend-to- 
h*a<f conteata, fest, simple 
acHon and slow methodical 
evefiia* 

ftftk 



PsycNc |udo involves two mmd^ 
tjertders who attempt to destroy 
eat^ other with energy bolts 
squeezed from their stomachs. An 
energy boH can be directed to 
avoid the defensive shieus yow 
opponent erects - the shields not 
only keep boHs at bay but also 
absorti their enwgv, so Ih^'re 
wodh building if you can. Five 
minute-iong rounds make for a 
gruellinq ccmiesL 

There S a return to near- 
nofmatity with ttie neid event, 
head-lhrowing. The competltofs 
here are a strar>ge pair who enioy 
rernoving their heads and throwing 
them as far as they can, They run 
down a small track and before 
reaching tt>e foul ifvoiw line they 
must rip oh iheir tHMHJt arxi prtch 
them into tiie dltiance. 

ideatty, the ali«rt cranium should 
travel upwanls at as dose to 45' 




P- Ptychic jiHto $tretelie» Bie iiiIb^ la <irtlilalen's Catacac Gaim$ 



Once the worms have slimed 
their thing, space hockey starts, 
and two spheres Oatile over a 
living puck in four contests each a 
minute long. 



JbymL 



" Never twfore has such hurnour twunced around the Sp«<ctnjm 
-or such aggravatiofi. The graphics are botd, colourful ami clear, 
but the sour^is mlnimai (so I wonder wfty every ewenthas its own 
loader - I'm sure two, at least, could share the same f¥3f*]. 
There's no way to bypass an event you don't hker and became 
all the rules are alien the controls could take some getting used 
to here on Earth. Still, it's a mmture of good eJaan fun and 
fruitratkin, without tha ultracompetttivanass of so many games 
today." 



!► Tfte urooiH' twm 




as possible {the angle is shown 
onscrsen) and extra propuiston 
can be achieved by flapplr>g the 
ears of ihe head aa it rties. BiA ttie 
head's nose must stick in the 
j|fOur>d when il comes to rest, or 
it'safbi^. 

Tf'iefe are three throws p» 
contest and the ior^gest throw 
wins. 

Heads are screwed on tightly lor 
the Tinal fantastic event, the 
metamorph marathon, Durir^ this 
race one of five forms - runner, 
burrowef, jumper, flyer or 'rest 
Slate' - can be attopted lo suit the 
lerratn, t>ul Dontroliir>g your speed 
IS cru«^, particularty wfien you're 
a flyer. 

And alter this afl you'll need is a 
relaxing Radox bath 



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c<mt»eMTs 



j7 



Joystick*; Sinclair 
GraptiiCK mBrryohginaf aliens 
with humourous anwhation 
Sound: ifmitBd spot effects 
and a few short tunes 
Genafil rating: GatactK: 
Gam^ gives a clever and 
tunny twist to the decathlon 
fomiat 



Presentation 
Graphics 
Playability 
Addictive qualKies 
OVERALL 



72% 
76% 
64<Vo 
65% 
71% 



CRASH Febmary 1 9S8 67 



4 



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^ *«ui»den&»cki 









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wo ; 

aneo 

sequel 
riattonai Karat 
has arrivied The j 
nam«d fK+ again ( 
piafef o/p^&nJhiA this iime thenv's 
a Ino of r^ew moves, a reinixed Rob 
Hubbarc) soundlrad^ and a new 
itothegomcplay. 
FIHE and the action 
begms with tha appearance of 
threo pfayers - one oofrtrollod bv 
the ptayer and the other two > 
pmer-oontroUed (or. m tvwj-p-.,^ 
rrtodie. two controlled by players 



" IK - is defirtit«ly tli« beat 
fightlrtg game on the Sp^c- 
trum , r ve been piayi ng it f or 
two day* lolidly withQi4 a 
rign of boredom (Admit- 
tedly I'm etill on |}urp{« 
belf). 

The graptilcs are quM« 
pretty; the men are the 
sama •» The V^eif Of The 
Explodifig Fist^E, years ago. 
but the Gokmra and enima- 
tions oi tfiebackgrtHjndare 

very good. 

The iTHislc Is veiy lub- 
dued, «w*n en tli« 12SK 

machinee, but W% an excel- 
ient tune, and ttwugh the 
spot FX are i&omawhat 
u nil tm s^h^ric (th4y UHirtd 
mora like slapft than flylri'g 
double laca kicks}. IK - zkps 
along M a terrifically addle - 
tivaMca. " 






PrcMJijcef : System 3 
Retail price: £3.99 
Author: Archer Maclean 




68 CRASH February 1388 



T 



and one tjy (he compuver). A free- 
fof-alt ensi>es. wilh each -'--k-,, 
am attemptinig to hnoL 
e«iT«f oppowml The pla> 
dktfwem moMm accessib 

fOystC*' rffittOlt V, 

inciudi; .. lie kick, t- 

back fttp. ffCKTl punch and high 

Points am awaided to a figh1«K 
who knocks daiA.;! ,in rnrji'tneml 
with a successi vli - 

one poimtor a rt.....^, ...... ..Lock- 
out and two (or a particularly good 

job The object I'.- • -•••'■ -■■'■■--■ 

pQiiiits beJwe '■ 

<tctx« thp tiigheii rtictiiri iiii: ju- 

second timp (.mit 

iiatignte' 
tim« mmn>. 

bofluSpoJms, Th*sw;iL«"j-fi,v(rwsi 
acorw gp95 tltrou^ lo the next 
touncJ. and fof tt»e lowest scorer 
It's game ovef. it no players score 
ttve. the two highest scorefs prog- 
ress. 

The »ct)Oti starts on wriiie-t«n 
tevei, ftrtd p^ogressc' '^- ■-'■ v^i\- 
low to green, pyrt a^iy 

MkCk. The levels gei piogrt:s:>iveiy 
mora ditffcuH. w>m bl^ich-beH level 
raquiring fast *ef le)i,es lO Survive. 

Whan every third l«vei is eorr 
plet«d there's a chance to incrBsw 
score on a barna sct wn The 
ftghle(^^^^^^^Bliir« of VTA screen from 




^ 



" Yov ntSy have thought 
The Way Of Th© Explcidiriig 
Fist w» ■eld)cthr« wtth its 
or>a-{>rk-ori0 combat btrt 
wh«n yqu throw In another 
computsr-c on trolled 
charactior tha urge to baah 
#v*n mor* p«opla to the 
gnxHid to lmm«ns«, 

AlXj tK + 'S lmprov«rnerns 
on Intfimatianal Karate ara 
obvkHja " none \m the the- 
kery animation, and in Its 
place is B wide range oi 
wolhaxeculad mDV#s; 

gone is the tachy vfwech 
synthflBis, replaced wfth a 
superb sourwttrack artd 
effects. 

Biit where IK i ^^r^9 ^q 
highly over the competition. 
i* in the amount of action. 
You've got to Xeef^ an eye 
on two opponents, and the 
bonue acreeti requtrea 
ikHlecl hsnd-eye 

OOOtdlnatio«i. Th^$ i& the 
iiHirtlaJ'»rta g«me to go 
lor. " 

nuiL M% 



" IK+ It ■ vast improve- 
ment on Jta piedecessor. 
It's very profesaionalty 
designed In alt aspects, par- 
ticularly fn the graphics 
defiartment. The beauti- 
fully varied rippilr^- water 
effects and setting sun are 
compkfmented by the 
smoothly-animated, fast- 
moving characters, leaping 
and flipping around the 
screen in barely-restralrked 
chaos. 

It is just easy enough to 
lull you into a false semae of 
security. just difficult 
enough to reward you w(th 
a kick In ttM face. 

Ttw onscreen presenta- 
tton Is clear and Informa- 
tive, wt^ many lighter 
touches and a rrtore relax- 
ing C!) bonus screen to 
wset the manic kicking 
and punching. You also get 
s long list of options (tf^a 
two 'Player mode is givat) 
and a neat booklet. Add to 
this an sirtenatve hlgh- 
iC0t% table, ar>d ymj have 
onfl of the r^^ost firofes- 
ftunal and actkm-packed 
beat-'em-ups on the Spec- 
trum, " 



screen from r " ^e and are 
doflecled to n _ — inc score 
100 are given for eech ball 
ed. with thw speed 
tng in velocity till one 
ovw (ho comlwtart, 
ipon the riexl icve^ fa lack- 



JcomMENTS, 



Joy>t)cka: Cursor, 
Kempston, Sinclair 
Qraphlca: only one back- 
grnunr) (compwiewith nppl- 
r, but the anirnationof 
partictpanis is amaz- 
ingly last, accurate and 
smooth 

Sound: e^tceitent Rob Hub- 
bard remix on 12&K; 48K 
effects also odd to the atmoe- 
ptiere 

<>ptlona: one or two player^ 

Oenerat r«tlng: vastly better 

than all olherbest-'em-ups- 

even The Way Of 7T>e ^xpfod- 

mg Fist, The on©-p(ay er garne 

ii3 addictive and playable 

1 , the two-piayei'- w^i^ch 

'.tkds for iong-iasting app- 

pres^ntaiiOfi 90% 

Grapt^lcs 90% 

Playabilrty §2' 

Addictive qualities 92 ^c. 

OVERALL d1% 






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Review November Issue 



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of the reviewers who lilte strategy games", 

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NMENT- 



Pfoducer; Firebird 
Retail price: £7.&5 
AythOf s: design by Dene Carter, Spectrum program by 

Brian Pollock 



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xpeHed from ihe land of 
B«tom 103 yeai^ ago, 
Acamaniof th© clark rnag« 
has relumed. And in tris saQuet lo 
RrabtKl's Wghiy-rMardad chart* 
toppino Drub (90% Ovsr^li in 
Issue 35], the drukl Hasnnaxx 
once 994in l^es up the Bghl 
against the demon prince, 
irawoWrig to Acamatnior's tower to 
vsnquish ihe fw iwk ws 
nMsramanoer icxew. 
Hsisrinaiu begins tits qu^l near 



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^*' Th* r*du<;wdl grapMc* of 
Enltghtflfvnsnt - Drud 11 crowd 
ttw wTMii plqing ara*, and 
•ingle-co^Hr s cwsns add to 
ttw confuakHi. Thwv «fao 
BMWns to b« WMTt* confusjon 
In tfM May about dnikl* - ths 



Chr1vti»n9, »(> why (k»B thil 
on« hav« a {Lrucifix? " 



the village of tshmar. and must 
travefse ntna muttidi''ecttQnaiy' 
scrolting lands as well as fivalSWMt 
o) Acamamor's tow«r, thraaianatf 
afl ih© wey by fire, water and Wb 
dark enerri^'s hordies. 

the druid's protection coorias 
from po*ef holts and Ihe 25 
different spcHJs which he can ptck 
up and uae agsmst the swsrming 
enemlNas, thoJgh IJ^ir own rriBgic 
powers can make hs life drfficuir 
Some speMa are wwHective om 
particuler demonic, $o it's a case 
of wooing out wtiich spell lo shool 
at whotn. 

If things gel toiigh. Hasrinaxx 
can create an 'e(&meniar to help 
influence the battle, This large and 
lumt>enng cfeature is conlrolled 
eittier by another piayef oi with a 
key which car set i1 oo WATT, 
FCM.LOW or SEND flo send II 
ahead of HsKrnawx}. The 
alemantal protects Hasnnaioc by 
stomping on attackers till its m^tc 
powers are exhausted. 



Moad: of the screen m 
BnligMonfnent - Onjid ii Is taken 
up by the scroOtng dteplBy of 
Hs3nlna)ut'» quest- A panel below 
tfx>w$ incoming messages as well 
ae the Druids mverrtory and 
details of the elemental in use. 

When bII the Dmid's energy has 
disappeared and the game has 
er>ded, hs eflorts are rated 
BccordiDig to how mtich of ttie 
quest was solved. Ore Bre^h ia 
the lowest of the 14 ratirtga, sftd 



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** TMa faeto HW|F ■imMaFlQ Ha 
pradaoaaaor, ttnouah N's nice 
not gattthf *tkfck In the 
playft>S ar«a. Roanfirkg 
mwma new terrftoty arwl 
flrKfing anct casting spalls Is 
BtW great tun, and there are 
■Oma good new f aatursB, but 
lliougti Erdighlenment - Oruid 
n is w«a abeva a w a i at^ a H 
doesn't match the original. 



the frtle of Oveilord rs awarded 
wtien the wicked Acamantor is 
firully deployed 



^ Druids aren't what the> used to bs 







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SALAMANDER 



Producer: KonamI 
Retail price: £7.95 
Author: Andrew Glaist«r, 

from a Konaml coln^op / 



In this cotn-op conversion 
presented a» 'tht Nom^i$ 
sequel' . a giant salamander has 
swaHowed your mtruscijie 
apacacraft, sending you on a 
tanlMng |oumey down the 
ampnblan's honzorftaitv-scrolling 
alimentary cttnai. 

1t« spaceship i$ directed up 
Vi6 dCnvft within the d>gestW8 
Irad. and ao^s&terales to evoW Itia 
unpleasant obstructions that He 
within this particular saiamander- 

Lelhai encrustations on ^ 
Intestinal walls spd deadly 
pertidea, and pairs of thrashing, 
grasping g^ant arms accompany 
Oils biOkKj I .1' sisenal. All are 




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ATI ups gOi 
Infuriating — 
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"As ahool '< 
Sriama n der Is 
iHit Is itM very good, 
gameplay is nwl, exeiHng 

and oddictiva, and offers 
pl en ty of chaienga. 
Satarnartdar gteysrs m»iht 
find itMt Konaml have 
missed out quHa a lot of Iha 
ortgfrMi arcade faalurss, but 
If Irs a go od shoot 'em up 
you ra attar ~ tnis ts a good 
one lo go tor • 



btettd out of the way, belore they 
blodc ffie route artd force the ship 
to crash. 

The ^amander'6 insidas are 
split into several different levels. 
each guarded by a large creature 
fftal IS destroyed to progress t9 the 
nejrt, 



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SALAMANDER 






" Like the arcade original, SaUimahder Is pleyable from the word 
go. The grapMca are coleurful and detailed, and tf»e scrolling la 
smooth - Ihare'a a dac*nt tit^ tune, too, aWiough the in-geme 
effects afe the iwuai zao sounds of shoot 'em ups. However, if a 
tnfUffatfrig to be forces} to start a lovai again whenever yoti loea a 
life, but tn a way this adds lo Vnm appeal end keeps ttia pisysr 
coming l»ck for mora, tf you're a shoot 'em up fan, you could wel 
«nJoy Salamander '* 



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J PAUL L 



" Druid was goocf fun 
h uemi** or ^ onglfiallty (on 
Hit Sfwc^um, at MwstJ, but 
lacMy Enlightflnrntfit - l>utd 11 
dOAint fexpffKli Ann th* 
th«m«. The basic graptiics 
■ra ilill racognisabte, but 
■niallar and less 

advanturoiiSt and boredom 
WMM rMT* it* hMd IMCMMO 

tfian^ 99 much waiclnB 
Wwmd wKti vary IKtIa to 





COMMENTS 

Joysbctta: Cursor, Karrqjstoo. 

SinclBir 

Clr»|at>te a : small and 

monochrorraHc but n«Al 

I^KMtd: inNmit flUs^ ancf no 

music 

Opttona: ona Of two ptaiyef^ 

Qanaral ralingr not up to the 

NQlh Oruief ttsndard 



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JbymL 



" The brUllamt loading scr««n 
la ftHlowed by a game that'a 
not io hot It's incradiMy 
frustrating having to go alt 
the wtry back to tha 
b^ginrtlrvg of a level wtiefi you 
die, and aome piayars mighl 
lliMt Ihia a NWa IM muelu Ira 
a ahama (ha gamaplay taso 
aimoytng - b*cau«« tlw 
giaphica, acrolling and 
sound aflacts are all 
axceptionalty good. Try 
before buying, " 



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COMMENTS 



Joy«ic*t*: Cursor. Kempsicin'. 

lif a ph ica ; colourful, wilh 

Binooth scrolling and vivid 

loading screen 

QiWnd: good tHI# tuf« and 

efiects 

Optiona: d€i(inaiD(& kevs 

Qantral rallrw i swin and 

eKdtlna Shoot am up With one 

(fustratlng lault: lotihg a iHe 

returns you to (hs lewsl's start 



Preftantatton 76% 

Graphics 79% 

flayabilitv &3% 

AcMictrve qualftiM 60% 

ovehall 79% 



INSIDE OUTING 



Producer: Th«Edge 
Retail price: E8.99 
Authtor: Michael St Aubyn 

Old Mr Cnjtctw has. to put it 
bturrtlv. anufted it. Thte 
puts fiB WKtowad wife in 
diff^cutty, bacauaa before he 
passed to a tMMter p(ace h«r 
spouse had taken it into his head 
to hMe her j#wels irom potential 
thieves, 

So, after a bit of lateral thn^mg, 
she decktas to emfiloy a thief lo 
rind ih€HTi for her. 

Aa Tho Edge'agame beerts, ^te 
lea heaf is m hor spAdous h04Ti«, 
about to begin his ssSTCh, K« can 
mqve in atl direction^ through ttie 
house, exfting through one 
dooTMay and appearing in ttre 
doorway of The adjacent room. The 
Ihiei can also cftmb stasrs afKl leap 
ontoiurmture, 

One room is seen at a tirrw. in 
3-0 and great derail, Each ts 
lumiahed wHti such iterns as 
tables. cheira. telephones, 



JOAVEL 



" At Itrvt Inside Outing 
reminded ma of M.OA/.hE. - 
tHJt I was let down. Tfila la a 
nowal game wtth aome {ovely 
3-0 graphics arwt lots « 
daisal in every room, but In 
moiKichrorne it kx»ka vary 
plain. And rt sooff gate bortng 
^ust watking around a 
house. " 



bookcases and paintings. Each 
obfect (3 independent of every 
other, so a telephone ttiat rests on 
a Small table can be pushed to ttie 
floor. Other Items can be picked 



J PAUL 



** TMa a»0 arcada advantum 

aurpaaaaa even the great 
M.O,Vt.E . If a (he closest 
thing to real life on ttia 
Spectrum. Nearty everythlim 
y«u can do in a real housia is 
paaaibla in instdie Outir^ - 
•van dovm to Jumpbto on the 

pool table and kicking tiie 
bails into th« pockats. And 
the aup#rt>ly drawn and 
• ni mated graphics tVOU 
wouldn't think ytiu could net 

So much (fatail on a wTne 
ktotths} add «» tha itfaiike 
aifftct. 

Inaidv Outmg la aat up vary 
Ike Ptranha's isiostsratu^ but 
everything aaems much 
mwm raalTftiq - Itw gr»p*iic» 
•ra mora aolWI, and there are 
many moi« afl3#acta (like a 
pRa of plalaa In tfie dining 
room, each atm of vrhiqh ti 
an ir>dividuat ob|ec1 which 
ean be picked up eaparataly). 

The iewels ar« also hidden 
in ttie most strange (but 
odious if you V* *m*n a kit of 
thrllers} p i a eaa - I even 
found one In a wall *Afa 
beNnd a palrrilng. ft all 
makes Tnaide Oulmg a gwn of 
a game. *' 



jHATMMiL 



** The May says 'rwivar tiatora have you aa en a 3^0 game n 
tmi»fesaiy« as thisi' - but The Edge produced the daaslc 3^0 
arcade adventures Fairiighl and Fairlight )1, wNeh are tat better 
than tt>fs. The otHacts in this 3-0 house are so out of proportion 
they make tha whole gamv took stupid ^ha phona ia twice «■ big 
as the labltts and chaim). Despite theaa faulta, Inside Outing la 
quite playable end ft* s eaay to make atl th« rfeo^aary nMjwaa. But 
il's all been done bsfor* much batter .. . " 



> 'TTHiiiknaftlMngtorsslifs'ff'MlwsMniiimHiditHiust'? 




up and dropped, 

Ttie i::arefut manipulation ol 
these obitsob is important to 
sol i^ing ttiia puzxles tt^ will lead to 
the missing genis, Thsra are 
numerous supprobtems wtiich 
can earn welcome points- lor 
lfisiarK;e, pocket ir>g ihe snooker 
balls or picKing up a bottle wtien 
carrying a (^asa add io yQiir score. 

The 12 gsnis are hidden in a 




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variety of places, some obvious, 
others in more otiscure positions. 
There are hidden passageways to 
be disoovered. pictum to be 
moved and disouissd wsl saifes to 
be uncovetecf t w <d ro all the 
jeweitery can be found < 

&/t it's not as simple aa it 
sounds - the produdi of ttw late 
f^r Cnytcher'* bdjtfTB Soarrtilic 
eitpeiim e n ts see to that. Some of 
the rooms ara patrolled by savage 
mice and budgies that can take 
down a criminal's life force fester 
than a long stretch in the n^. 

When a Jtewel fias been picked 
1^, it must t» taken ttw bedroom 
of Lady Crutctier end dropped 
betore her 



^ COMMENTS L_ 

Joystteksf Kempston, SirwiBlr 
GfapMn: superb - evaty 

tolook as newto ifwraSlDiinii 

asponitile 

Soynd: simple, poor s|nt 

enacts 

Qanarai rvtina: one o4lha 

gpraatest arcade advpsnturae 

since M. OV.l. f , and The Gmal 

Escape, instde Outim \s very 

Inwohring (thuugh ncitningi new) 

and Svsifraphiea are stuiniiigiy 

detailed 






Presentalioo 70% 

Graphics 84% 

Piayability 78% 

Addictive (|ualiti«S 74% 

OVERALL a2% 



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From Denton Designs comes a 

gross fciricaff\3tion of those 

fre#ky head ban5ers - MAD 

BALLS- Wtth really spooky 

graphics and a gamc-play that ^, 

will split your sides Featufing 

freaky Full Back Stabufus, ," 
Screamin Meemic and more, [_ 
much, much more ! 





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Infiltrate the Alien ReticK 
headquarters in KONAMt'S y 
coin-op hit. Negotiate electric 
force fields and overcome wa« thr 
upon wave of fanatical gucnltes 
An e sse n tial game for ail yoy t 
arcade addicts I 



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Enistto b«com€ a captain, if 

y^'ve 50t me guts, m COMBAT 

KHOOL Work yoyf way 

itifQugh seven gruelltng events 

in this, KONAMl S dfcdde 

blockbuster, and if you don l 

make the grade there s a 

penalty event or yoK're OUT ! 









Super- powers and super- 
heroes make PHANTOw CLUB a 
game you must NOT mtss 
Three dimensional action 
adventure with stunning 
graphics and great animatfon. 



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GAUNTLET II 



Producer: US Gold 
Retail pnce: C7.99 
Authon TofiyPortef 

This is tine ege of the saqiMI - 
(Sauntidr H fbdows 
US Genet's ph>enomenslly 
successful Gaunrjl0 )u$t ov«r a 
afier ihe cHlginal'9 rafoa^Q. 
Hare, four bfava warriors wati to 
batll'e against virtuaJly 

insurmounialjto ockls in a 
desperate tikj for freedont. 

Eacfi has diffiwefMi attributes 
and charadeftstics, Thor ls well- 
armourad and a f^rttt fighter but has 



wtth some fighting akdis, arrrKMjr 
and verv j)OOd irtagic. 

You can ctKXMe any one of 
the oc characters lo underteke the 
dangefous course that (eads them 
to ever^ilgher levels o^ a periilous 
miBskm beset by a fnyriad o< 
monsterg. 

Qeneraicsrs rotaese the 
vilialnous rmnston into the 
Jabyrinthina 1G0 levels of 
durigiBdns through whk^h our 
rierD«9^rney 

The stof^ o'f deviiis^ bogeymen 
Jodiuctes dtfiap|»eahng ghosts. 
oUiHWiehing grunts, r^eball- 
shootlng demons, roctt-huriirtg 



JHICK L 



" Th* tqiaMaraphiofi and iifi^rn^F tyn»|«s« sound Just aren't wortti 
ft. and Gaunttst ft Is point l^s s^ si m^ltt' lo the original Gaur ilet ^ the 
safTM tdee. the lame graphk:s, but n«it the seme CRASH 
Smash! " 



poor magic s*«lls; Thyra has more 
megH:, but is not such a strong 
Ogmen the wtzsdfd N>teriin has of 
oatir» e^tc^lent megsc, but 
carrlBS oo amwx^ and canrvot fight 
wfll eHJier- and Ouestor is an eif 



lobbers, scrc^er^ and super 
a ofc er q rs, fkwr-oovartng aod 
pucftlles and Death himself, who 
can only t>e tough I wilti magic, 

Funiief ev)l dtstractiore include 
the rr monster, which can 



J MIKE L 



" Hacking e peth tfvough tuxdes of hell-fi«r>dft should provide 
greater entertainment than tliis. Certainly, the potential istharai: 
Wm Instructions do much to set the grtsly scwie and create a 
hacfc'n' slay atmosphere, and the pra sa r aati on Is subtly e ff e clt w*. 

LhifoftimBtflijr, this ftubtltity gi>a« too far wrfien H cornea to 
bl aap e and peeps aimf>er apotopaHealiy mm your 

^^ cuta. alMhaa and ch[>f>a, «aoh iquaailit too quiet and 
if wi ailtt fluii fiatite noni ttie oUi^rs- 

Iha okaractars and nHmstara are sharply drawn and move 
well, but the colour scheme is a little bland - mor« plain duM th^n 
evocativoly sombre. Gaunllot U isn't much of an improvi«m«nt on 
Itia original, )ust diff erant, and the ditferofices don't merit buying 
the sequei if you've got Geuntlet. " 



P- 'Tile ume kiea, the seme gpttMct' si GiunflH 





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GffilflliBtll 



" Gauntlet was a great arcMfa conversion. Ft w&b eirpamlad tiy 
Ttie Oeeper Dungeons (extra lenrals which could b>e bought and 
added to thke basic game), and Gauntlet II wilt add to ttiis 



Coup of classics. It foNowrs the same lines as ^ predece^Mr, 
It naa some original qualities too - such as the useful option to 
In a second figtiler when you need one. And new tijuards 
present now p re ttta n ts. giving this saquei e feel of ils 

7«% 



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transform a wanior into IT tiy touch 
alone, and ihe THAT, which can 
depnve any warrior of his powers 
and potions as well as laKingf away 
100 vaiuabte health points. 

Should s wamor ctKwse not to 
fight aaainsl the fjendish flocks 
and dally for 30 seconds, locked 
doors are opef>ed. and mora 
mcflsters which kiiit waiting 
behind ihem are released upon 
their hapless victim. 

But the flow of monstars can be 
tialted by destroying the 
gefwrators. 

Among the heroes' weapons 
are ten super shots which cart take 
out any monster m their path; 
reflective shots Ifiat can be fired 
around comers; and glowing red 
transporters which take the^r 
occupant to the nearest location 
can earning anffther transporter. 

And special potions found inthe 
dungeons of GaunVet U confer 
upon ifie user increased arrrwuf , 
magic, shot power and speed, and 
improve a wamor's ability to pick 
up "iems and amdels which 
temporaniy grve ttim spec4al 
powers, food a. id cider resitore a 

warrior's tieslth. 

Sometimes potions can be 
found m the treasure chests which 
are scattered throu^ ttie 
^ubtenrsneen netherworld and 
which can be sha< lor pomts - but 
bewwe. Otftar casiteis are 
dangerous, conlaining onjy Death. 

Keys also lie upon the dungeon 
floors, and al random momenis 
"f'*asuTe rooms appear, A wamor 
rnusl ihen enter the treasure room 



aiKl coHect as many valuables as 
po ssi bl e before lime ruis out. 

But there are obetadae aU 
around. Wdls can prove 
imper>etrsble, though some can 
be blasted out of eictstence; force 
fields, which drain health points. 
are elective perfodicaily and 
cannot be destroyed; trapa can 
maka waMs disappear wtien 
triggerad; and stun tiles 
temptxairily knocK out those who 
step upon them. 

Some exits are easOy reached, 
but others move about 
continuously, or are lake, tieing no 
more than peiniad floor tMes. 

Joy^cits; Cunor, Kempston, 

Sinclar 

Gfaphicv smaP and effective, 

but no improvenani over it>e 

orjginai's 

Sound; poor coHbion effe(£ts: 

lacks a decant lune 

Option*: Choice of four ptisyers 

Oanaral rating: a follow -t«> tor 

aura, twi t^rtNy drft^rant 

enough from uauntlsf to be a 

valuable supptemeni 



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Producer: OutcksJIva 

Retail price: E7.95 

Authors: Shaun Holling worth, Pete Harrap 



OK, try to rsfnain caJm when 
I (dl you thfls. 
Thbfe'9 a great big 
tsAwoiti heading towards Earth, 
it'salmosi here and i1 it t>i<sth«re'Q 
noHir IM knottier series of 
£*si£nders. 

But there's no rtead to psilc. W 
Albert Eyesirain, itie famous 
scientific misspelling, can t?e 
found we're in with a chance. But 
Ihis may be easier said ihan done, 
for Albert '5 warnings of the 
impending asteroid were igr^ored 
many years ago and r>ow he's 
britan htmsetl off to the desert in a 
fit of pique. 

Five explorers gather togelher 
xa lormuleite » pEan. Only one of 
them can go lo locffie the loat 
scientist, but who shall rt be? 
Should it be FactrsqLie-Smithe, 
HeiT Krusche, Wu Poog, Big Jcihn 
Catne or Henn Beauooup? Each 
has different strengths and 
weaknesses befitting their 
dtfterent diaracters ant^ 
nationalitin. 

After gra ol thssa fine 
upaiandkno men has been ctoaen , 
ht Ja dropped into ifie fuggadness 



of a mountainous cfiain. Now he 
musi set about itm tasK of finding 
tl^ mining genius in the 
sumounctmg wilderness riddled 
with ufldergiound caverns. 

Ttie terrain is filled with puzzles 
thiat can befuckJIle the brain of any 
explorer. Bui ftelpfui items are 
scatlcir«d about the honzontaity- 
Sicroiiing screens. These 
accessories include a vacuum 
cl^ner, wfiloh on certain screens 
allows you to fly up tntottie clouds: 
a flute to charm Ifw scales off 
certaJn types of reptiles: large 
bellows: and polrtical manifesioee 
(full of hot ajf - Irteraltyj 

When those are gathered, tfwy 
appear in an aoquimion box at the 
bottom of the Bcreen - ami a 
they're not wanted immrediate^ 
they can be transferred to tfw 
heads o< en eccompBnying teem 
of native bearers, 

Someiimes the explc^'er himself 
wtM suggest items that are needed 
to progreas, but be warrted - hati 
the tin>e he's n^staken 

And there are many traps lor the 
unwary explorer He can easily fall 
toui of a venomois rock snake. 




JmikmL 



* IfS ao** ^irice wtt'v9 smmn b pletfonn game as batic eft thli^ 
TenvTWi could be qurte good - Ben DagliBh'a cortttoiuoua tuna It 
axGwBent, making the be^ti of the 1 26'ttound chip - but de&pite 
nut* and exceltanl^'Cofouriid graphic* Itian'a Httfe to enjoy In 
TarriFneit. 

And It euffan from chronla Jet Set Willy sytidrome: k»ing We In 
aome ptaces re*u4ta in muftiple d*alti«^ which i« both annoylnig 
and, I tMn|(, the resutt of dutMOUB screen des^. Terr<imex might 
l>t worth a couple of q uld for the tune and graphics, but noi much 
more. " 



^ Coflipiei IM titvolvint, wtth esniiarri prtaantitleii' 



^ I 







it 



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Even if the miasing scientist is 
diacQvered he rnust still be 
persuaded to help save the world, 
ff he accepts this awesome 
challenge, all the aciuipment h« 
needs - a large red Oisk, an 
aniarna. a baneiy and an atonnc 
pite - muBt be tourvd. When all this 
has tiaen collected ihe prof can 
conatrucl tns Poatfonic Asteroid 
Deflector. 

But before he can do anythlrjg 
else he must have a cup of pipirig 
hot tea. . . 

WWi {he Deflector flnaHy 
ocrnplete, our intrapkf hero tiaea ft 



JbymL 



** CertaMy a case of wafpe<f huntour herei uaiiiQ a peny 
manifesto's fwt air to inflate en air tiailoon?! Torramex h«s to 
many sweet tou^iea It's unbeliiovflb4e. And lh*r#"a so much 
attention to line deteU, ytH no clutter. A coniortiid mind won't go 
amiss in playing Terremex, to be prepared lor some hard 
invorklng-out. " 



> 'Wkrped humour'; femmffir 




inbftii mactmne Wrth a 
..^ :.-.. „^isroid can tie ricked 
away frofn Earth arxJ out into 
empty specie, keeping the wotUi 
safe and free for deosnt arcade 
>idventures- 



NATHAN 



" Tbere's ptenty to do )n 
Terram&x end the hazards 
ancountered are detaiUed 
and well •positioned. If ■ fun, 
loo - I just love bouncing 
over things and fJying araijr>d 
on vacuum cl«afM|irs and hol- 
air balkKm. itmamax is a 
WMkleome attefTwtive to the 
utual dull arcade 

advanture. " 



. leomMENTs [ , 

J^jfttickMi Kemp9<on, &ncllir 
Gnphica: rrwrochroma. but 
wy detailed cowing and 
antmatior^ 

SounOi aupert 129 tune by 
Ben DagiNah thn^uQhout gafna 
OpttORK choose to play any 
or>e of six characters 
Q e n e c at r a ti ny awCTptetand 
lnvolvir>g arcade advar^ure, 
with excelient pr a ai nta t i on 



Pr9s«ntat' 
Qr aph t ca 
Playabffity 
Addlcliv* qMar 
OVEfULL 



CRASH February 1988 





OUJLQ 



'^M0 



5 



PrcKlucef: ReaMor 
Retail pnce: £8.99 

Authors: Bfltlartech; Spectrum version by Tony 
Cooper 



Propotlod by ttis owr 
UrTogBnt search for speed. 
Chuck Harrison H 
catapuHed into T>}e Other Worid in 
hts new jet ftghlef. 

There h« a trapped wnoogst 
phalanMss of ailw shlfM^MliMhwiii 
rtp Mi ililp apm wnh ihetf touch 
lo avoid or tlsMroy them. Chuck 
must shjifuUv manosuvra hka 
flght«r above e hortcontally* 
■croilUng {■ndMap«, without 
dropping (oo tow and hrtur^ the 
scenersf, 

Copoja C^iuck's plans camoa a 
fwnoww array of waaponry. bi^ 
as the DBfTM bagina on^ hta basic 
qtuarH cannon ia in aeivtoe. A 
tutoomtM ahot tat(«B out trwr^ 
ipaea sNpa and aarm polnlB, and 
as soma o( ttiose enamy 
apaoecraft disimegrato ihm' 
faiaaaa enargy pods wttkfi 
o ow a ap ood to ditlerert weapon 
types. Chtick can collect these 
and so enhance hts arsenal, Ttie 
first pod gstharad energises the 



appropriate weapon, and the naxt 
activates it. 

8la&tar« (t¥^0-way, Ihree-way. 
four- way and sever -way), a wkk 
beam arid a iasar t>lastef are all 
avaiiabte this way, Ute and speed 
pods V9 also worth pk:k]n9 mp. 

However, rt tt>e mnatgy ptxi 
co^l^ad doesn't corrftspond to 
the lypa of weapon then in use, 
tliat weapon cuts out ortd Hi^ 
erkergy leva(& must be increased 
b^v It tjecomea operationaJ 
again, And recttarging t^ecomes 
more di!tik:ult as courageous 
Chuck delves daep«r Into the 
wUds o( alien tvrttory. 

There are akjht levels and seven 
bOTKiS iBVlll IV Han'tson to fl^ 
his way Ihrougli. AJter destroying 
so many anamy craft that they 
stjrTender, ha guns ac«:»as to the 
rwxt level. 

Two tontfer Anolasoft lechnicat 
consultants, Gary Yorite aro 
James Pooie, joined forces to Mm 
thedeaigri house Bettertech - and 



this IS theur first product, retessed 
t>y thetr old employers {Baa^ot ts 
one of those crazy, crazy 
Ark>iasoniat>etsl, 



L 



CRmCISM 



1 



• "I aat patiently throtigh a 
polrttlessJy cofnpl^ted loading 
system watttng to be n^preaaad by 
wtiat the intey boastsd would ba a 
Psychedelk; EKpanerMTe' I was 
greeted hv a monochrome shoot- 
'em-upl iht ff9(ilNc» era poorty- 
desfoned and oonft^ing, the 
scrolling IS [ertiy, and the sprKes 
move several character squaraaot 
a time when ttie action speeds up. 
Bugs abound, with bits oi staikc 



lartdsoape ar»d enemy ships 
appMmg ail over the screen, and 
them are vkrtuslly no sound etiecte 
(though tha title theme is 
pass^teji. 

II a new design hoc»e decides 
to make its debol with yet artothsr 
Zyriapa done, the pfogranuning 
ood oreiantartion must make up 
for tna dappacNiui concept, in 
Out Of This Woifd the 
tmpiemertation accentuatn that 
unori^ifL^y - It's smt>afiesaingly 



fT% 



• " Theoniyihingoutohhiswotki 
atxiut this g&n0 is the setting. T7>e 
grapfvcs and ggnm>i»y are onfy 
average, end fteaktor's atta^npt ef 
a Dewidar/Neme^-fype game 
lacfcs It «nougti variatiofi to kaep 
ffte piayvtg mt^rested tor more 
than fl (mw games; 

Wp mafTflf how ftf you gef, att 
thst happens ^ |hal a tew aA^ne 





WINTER OLYMPIA 



Producer: Tynesoft 
Retail price: £7 .95 
Author Derek Brewster 



Ni 



exi month, tfie Canadian 
otty of Calgary hosts tha 
1 5th Winter Otympic 
Qames. The competitor's 
anvifonmeni is a wrytd o' stkiw 
and ice. in which danger and 
maipf race hand in hand, 

in H^rar Ofyrr^nad SS. wntten 
by former CRASH adventure 
reviewer Derek Brewster, up to 
rirw players can test their nerve 
arid skill to compete m some of the 
star events ot this intemalionaf 



extravaganza. 

The five events are downhill 
Skiing, the biathlon, ttie bob run. 
the ski jump and the ski slalom. 
DifferfrnI combinations of actual 
play and practice in events may be 
selected. 

In downhill skiing, a trip down 
the sheer fiaoe of a rr>oumain on 
skis must becompMed as quickly 
as poasjbie. Your speed is 
oontrotabts. end you must steer 
youfsetf to avoid nackv outcrops 
and lines of trees ar>d lake corr>ars. 
You'll hava to jump right over other 
hazards to completa the course 
and sland a chance of a medal. 



W >Janiy auMumn 



twckorwnds' la if/ltn& Otymp^ti 88 




The biathlon has competiiors 
pumping their legs backward and 
forwarci in a speedy oross-oouniry 
ski walk But the phyak^ 
ekhau^tior g a ne r a t a d by this 
activity must Be b«ianc«d age^ist 
the requirernents Of the shooting 
range, where the skior calms his 
nerves and steadtes his arm to fire 
at six targets, A miss costs 
valuatHetime, 

On ttie spacialty-bulit ice chute, 
you can dainber into a tiob sled 
and head towanis a (SMar^ finish 
line. A speech^ Stan is the eaaerice 
of success, for without that Initial 
momarilum ttie cratt cannot hurtle 
quickly through the berKte of ttte 
track. To enhance your time, what 
little stearing you have must be 
smooth, to take you through ttva 
top of the bertds whiere maximum 
welocrty is actiiaved. 

Go loo high, however, and Itie 
bob can be sent ifl ttie track, and 
your ctianca of a medal goes with 

You take to the atr m the ski jump 
after making a death -defying 
descent down the elevated jump 
Maximum points are awanMd by 
the fudges for distance and style, 
good ^yle is keeping your wis 
snugly together while you're 
glkjing through the air. 

t3nce this event of nerve has 
been oompieied the ski statom 



gats under way, Wrth new strips of 
wajted wood strapped to your 
boots you can be^. Wand youf 
way through a succession of poles 
to reach the finish in ttta fastesi 
time and you're a wnnar. 
Remember, tnou^, to keep ted 
statom nogs to the oght of you and 
bluella^toiheiefi 
Ocean's Oiyrnpilc (rmoMtibr; 



II i^-rT4^rita-r#-»-l*l-t»b44-l-«#*kft*-ci-k' 



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cmncisM 



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# ** Winter Oiympiad 64 Is one of 
ttte beet speit* cempitation* 
I've seen sinca Epyx's Smashed 
Winter Games (reviewed kn ttetie 
26). Ifs very wall<pnaenled» 
wtlh a great opening aequence 
and a rattier good lurw. 

Arvd the actual gamepLay has 
■ reaUstIc feel -for instarvce, the 
slalom ehler'a whole body 
moves apprt>prtotoly to each 
diffsfwit nurweuvre, especlatly 
when cornering. 

The bflckdrpp^ ore niqely 
detaHedt mostly featuring Snow- 
capped mountain ranges and 
large pine forests. Not many 
winter-sports garties come up 
to the stendartl of Winter 
Olympiad 66. " 

■ahun m% 



• " After Epyx 's Wlntaf Game*, 
(hto h a jprawt ietdemn, 

< 3 rtp Wcaft > the fwo giamea ar* 
preffy simHmr, but when it 



• Itotn otft of nov^tvftr in th0 
middiB of tt}s scfoen. do a t^w 
spins, then give you theur kirxkat 
regards anainow on. 

Ana as If that's not bad anough. 
wh^ y<>u die yGu 6ot\ 1 get a great 
tiig expiosion, or even crash to the 
jjrwnti - you disappear, tt's quite 
&tf-putttng; ttns carj go On tor two 
Of three seconds and even then 
you /Ji^t have ftat got kjat m the 
x^Mfy or had a hn ef dodgy 
etmactat-ooltiaton. 

Out OIThte WorW « «(y sJmpte, 



COMMEHTS 



1 



ioysttcks; Cursor, Kernpaton. 

Sirtclatr 

Qr«phic«: monodrtromatk: and 

batty juiimalad 

SeuMfa a few anects add \W« to 

thagame 

QwMral ratinp: a wary 

(iaappointing clone, with rton* of 

As genre's oood characteristjcs 

txA^tfwbad 



Graphics 36% 

Playabilrty 43% 

Addictive qualities 32% 

OVERALL 33% 



domi to ^tm nitty-gritty 
pmrteptM Winter Qames baats 
Wterter Olympiad ©S on evtry 
wvtnt 

Trva, Core's a itfc* opaoing 
ta^tranca hara, ^ut whan jfou 
ha¥» to go tittough ktading 
wmnf avaot saparataty (Wlntwr 
fimmam naa^ta^ only two load*, 
Incidantaify) fftingt gat ledKoiis. 

And aa If tha dodgy animation, 
xuapact ct^tiaion^dataction and 
wkriiaatic sound watant 
enoughf you hava to pray that 
(to gama wont crash - H's ' 
riddlad wWr ttugs. The Winter 
Otywpics thame has graat 
potarttial t>ut It's wasted on 
socti a medkxra (parhaps 
rvshadf product " 

34% 



commENTS 



1 



Joy«tic4{«: Kempeton, Sinclatr 
{though our copy retset bach to 
keys after the trrst event') 
Qnaphtca: some lerHy anirration 
\»iA some beautilu I backgrounds 
Sound: a poor attempt at titia 
tunas: simple cottision aff eels 
Qanicd rating p dtemal fnilure 
whicti loses skia down to Epyx's 
two-year-<]id Wkitar Gamoa 




COMPENDIUM 



Producer; Gremlin Graphics } aMt^ae 

Betaif price; £7.99 ! NICK 



1 



Compendium m a four-pack 
of familiar board games 
with a tiddly twial - it's 
praaemad as an ordinary tale of 
the e^rerydsy Wmk famiiy. Fattier 
Wink, a rvat'SO-aeoral t^spter. hie 
wife Mavia. it>air three cNWran 
Halph, \nctoria aixl Tiny Tim, and 
Snmor the dog make up the we^ 
Wink houoe^K>kj. 

The Winks 3|>eod their time 
upon this plan«i playing Snakes 
An6 Hazards, Chftstmas Uido. 
Shove- A Sludge and Tkjdly 
OrJcika. 

In Snakea Afid Hazards, the 
children and their dog aim to get 
from the bottom left comer, square 
1 . and raacti tiiA upper left square 
- number 1CX) on the dwouared 
game board. Whoever gets thara 
iHStiattwwii^ner. 

The playera take il in turns to 
move a number of squarea 
:etemiined by the autcmBHc 
two* o* dtoe. A dtsplay beneath 
the main screen indicates the 
pfssent square a character stands 
on, and the ^Quve that ihey 
shoutd move to aftsr the throw. 

tf one of the characters lands on 
a iOMare containing I he loot ai a 
la<klar^ tliey go to ttw top of lit, thus 
av04dirt9 intervening hazsrds^. 
These include snakes which 
sprawl across the playing area - if 
a playM' iartda on a sc^jare which 
inoorparatea e snake's head, the 
unlucky vfctkn slides down the 
se<pervi tall the end of its tail la 



" Compendjun was a t>rllliant 
gwna for the Chnstmaa 
■at Oft, wHh siww all over 
Hw ground and Ita of tittle 
favUve dittie*, but aeems 
l«aa intansUnfi In the cokl 
it^ of January. But tha 
graphic* ar« evceJtent 
whatever the seaaon, vMh 
iKlght char«cterat detailed 
pHayinQ board* and 
ba^ground scenery. " 



reached. 

But in Snakes And Hazards 
there are more probtents ttwi you 
find in naai Snakes And Laddara. 
bacaioa the nonp^ayirkg ni«mbers 
of the Wink farnily interfere ar>d 
attempt to push thieir chUdrsn arKl 
dog on to the squares iMth snake 
heads. 

Stili. none of the playing Winks 
are particularly intere^ed tn what 
they're doing, arvd (his creates the 
kteai opportunity lor tt;« other 
ptavers to distract them ~ by 
pkMng up otijecta they mighi find 
on the Doani and dropping ttwm in 
the path of others- 

With luck, the wicked Winks wilf 
ba dtvened by what's drojsped In 
the^ path. For example, Sniffer 
stops at tampposta. the btiby at a 
dummy, flalph at reference book^, 
and Victoria at the telephone. 

Bui Shady Lee* the holy piece. 
Meanus Piiddus and Sam Snake 
Qfe Fkjrther crazy creations which 
can er>d a ptayer's life straight 



J PAUL L 



" Lefs face it. bo^rd gaine* are for twerda, and computer eames 
for computers. Sometime* ttiey mlji - tout more then often tfie 
Hcence of b board gerrte hima out as a miaarable tranalatlorra. 
And ah the sutig«ime« ki Compendium are veiy bOfblQ and 
rapetitlve. 

Theresa no oompirtar opponenl, which is a major ftaw - thto 
ahn^ Ihnlta tha Ma span and apfiaal of a ftame no matter whiat 
it's like. 

Tkicfly Drtntu ia a strange part of Compendium because H has 
to rftBemblanf» to any txurd game, or even to tiddlywinks. And 
to make Compendium even leaa appeatirig there's a decidedly 
ChrtBtmaasv fisel. *' 



»■ Weak and rnlM: C^DTfipendii^ 



away H they ma^e contact. 

After Soakaa And Hazards 
comes Christmas Ludo. Agatf^ the 

Wink chtklren and Snillar are 
lnvoiv«ci. Each piayer haa four 
counters wtiich musl be moved 
frorn iheir individual bedrooms 
around a four-aimad Ludo board 
to reach the aalety of tha HOME 



aiuana. 

To DO 




o put a OMnter Into play, a S 
must be ahowing on the tivown 
dtce Each coonier cflrriM the 
initial of the player it beionga to. 
Wt<wi a e IS shown anotfier go is 
alowad, if a counter landa upon 
another, the kiwer counter is 
iwnovad frcm the board. 

This time, mum and dad Wink 
patrol the tmard and contact with 
them immediately ends a player's 
ban. 

At tast Mavis and TkkJty. aikm^ 
with Vk:ioria and Ralph, ost in on 
the games-playkig act in 9>ov»-A- 
Sleoge. Snow is thk^h on the 
ground and Tiny rim wants to 
sledge, but he needs some help lo 
pushhlrn. 

So a grid is marked in the snow 
witti ten dMskms, and each of the 
Wink piayers has three tu4Tis In 
which to push the siedge tvetween 
the divisKxi lirwB. The winner is the 
plBiyer who rrvanages to do tfits 
ftucoessfuliy >n all ten diviskms, 

A good run up is needed to pulii 
the sledge, which can be 
posttkined at tfie tivt line, tx/l if 
the sledQa is ahoved too hard rrcy 
Tim may not ba home from 
hospttal in lime for TkkJiy Drjrvks, 

And Sniffer does hia beat to 
hinder all this by ecampering 
I about In the ruMjp area. 

Almost eKhauitad by so much 
activfty the Winks corns to their 
final game, Tiddly Drinks. Old 
Tiddty hlrrtseM is down at the pub. 
rather drunk and being irrHating. 
The barmaid serves Tiddty with 
tMFtween one and six pints of beer 
and aftef quaffing these drink? al 
the bar. a tiddly Tkldly 
away throwing the empty 
into the air one by one. 

Mavis. Victono. Ralph ar)d 
Sniffer take it In turns to position 
themselves as t^est they can to 
caich the arcmg glaasware before 
H lands upcxi the floor. A ahadow 
upon the ground gives ttiem some 
help in judging where the glass wHI 
land, 

The winner is the Wnk who has 
caught most glasaes by dosing 
time. 



COMMENTS 

Joyttkiksi Cursor, Kempston, 

-Sinclair 

6raphlc»: festive but fun 
SkHjnd: a wide range of 
Ctvlstmas tunes 
Optkma: 1 -4 ptaysrs 
Oenant rating: simple fun for 
all ttie famrty, so long as it's 
oniy once a year 



PrsaSfilatlon 70% 

Qniphic* 70 % 

maryabWty 6i% 

Addictive quaJIUss 57% 

f^"'=HALL ©1% 



CRASH February 1986 97 




BRAVESTAR 



Producer GO! 
Retail price: £7,99 

T6% Kdx ts a man of evil, living 
oty the distant wofid New 
Texas, Though displaying 
#k:^edness lo olhafs, he hifnsett 
IS heid in Ihe gnp oi an evH spinl, 
Statnped«, who has ambrtfons to 
domnate the piftnat. Hit tnleftl as 
to rBvitaiisearvcieriil bon«$ that can 
grve him gnaat power, but lo do 
tinai ha neaos the ma^ of a 
captured Shamen. 

MBT^iaJI Bravestarr sets out 
akmfl in this t<e-in wrth the 
Rimatkxi toy hno to rescue the 
Shanwr who was his ctiildhood 
Quardian, tJ&stnoy Stamped© arjd 
overttinow Tex Hs*. But the evil 
pair have friwde who haunt ih« 
planetaiv landac^MS- Cur$ 
scamper along t^e ground, 
winged demoits llap abova, and 
marshaii bo^alikea all pos«^ a 
thraat. Contact with soma will onty 
sllgtitly impair his ervergy levels, 
but others can take a Frte with a 
single ihol. Even worse, targe 
bombs can go ofl, ieavtng 
Bravesiarr in a very shabby slate. 
The marshali cairns a powerfui 
ade arm which can de&tniiy most 



of his adversaries, eamiog pdnts 
in the prooesa. But the adversaries 
oome ttiiott and fasi, and he is 
cooBtantly dtjckmg. or lumping 
from one bu(ictir>g to another to 



there for uoeful hints. Qrave&laiT 

can pay f&r the intwmation wrth 
money gained by selling off 
objects acquired on his travels. 

By climbing aboard his rocket 
saddle, he can fly to other parts ol 
New Texas. He can also enter 
caves and minea, and p<ck up 
more hints. But just over eight 
minutes are aii that Bi^vwstarr has 
in which lo complete !>■ 



^ 'Repfltitlvt ind unn^ti 




avoid tham, Bra vesiarr's firepower 
can t>e increased it he gath&rs the 
fast disappeanng amulets v^ich 
periodically appear in the 
landscape. Other amulets buy 
time. 

There is plenty of scope for 
gathering mfOFflnation as he go^ 
along. On entenr>g the buildings of 
Fort Kerium he can ask the pMp4e 



L 



CRITICISM 



J 



# " Bfaveat&fT is a highly 
ftddlctJiiW cowtxiy/ahoot-'em-up 
game with brM gr^ics and 
cohjur and plenty to do. One 
minute you're roaming arourvd a 
Western 'Style town and tfie nestl 



you are flying through the ak- on a 
■addle rod<et on your way to 
anotfier pan of New Taxfts. 
Genlng intormat»on out of the 
residents of the town is quHe hard 
at f^rst bul alter a while it get$ 
easier, Thms is sorrve clash now 
and then but rt certainly doesn't 
spoil Ihe enjoyment of the game. 
Bravestarr is great, watch out for 



It. 



U% 



• " Another llceneing tf»<l j|ue4 
falls to htt the mark - Bravesiarr 
is essentially a very uninapirirtgi 
horizontally scrolling shool* 
'etn-up. Ttw only posHivs thing 
ttuit c«n be said stxHit the 
graphics is th^t th« animation is 
reasonably smooth; ottierwiBe 
the use ol colour is bland and 
tfw still shots {inside buildings)' 
are yery n^uddled. 

The scerurlo Is pratamioua: 
New Taxas is very much like the 
old Texas, with a few 
unimaginative ell«ns thrown in. 
The action is far too repetitive 
and the Initial play very 
unrewarding - controlling your 
cherscter, particularly, is not 
flexlt>le enough. Prasentation ia 
similarly wealc: there is no tftta 
screen end * lot more attentiori 
cmild have t>ef n paid to detail. 
For example, when Bravestsrr 
dies a grave appaars on tiie spot 

• even in midairt 

Fans of the toys (and evaiyone 



BLOCKBUSTERS 



Producer: TVGam&i 

Retail price: £7.95 

Authors: Oxford DigjtaJ Enterprises 



Wall, what d'you know? 
Find oyl by testing your 
knowledge with the 
legendary Bob Holneas in 
Biockbu$tpr$. the first TV release 
from Oomark's iatel TV Gerries. 
The new latsel will specialise m 
^me-show licenoeft, and 
Countdown, 8ulboy». The 
Krypton Factor and Treasure Hunt 



are planned. 

In filtootixisr^rs. based on a 
C^erdrail TV tariies. QL»estion master 
Bob smiles benignly on you from 
one side of the screen; the rest of 
1 he display is a pattern of ooloucod 
hexagons. In each hexagon <S a 
letter. 

Each player chcoees a hexagon 
on his turn. Bob then asks Wm a 



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iBLOCKBUSTeRS 

iCarteroon MRS UON 

press R to Rc -start 

iPress B to turn ©ob orixoff 
're5s N for @ee net'/ questions 
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question, ttie conect answer to 
whuch will £9eg4n with the [etter in 
the chosen hexagc^, (The form is 
'what D Is a small domestic 
animal?'. Choose an X and tf^ 
answer is probably ' xylophone'. ) 

If the player answers correctly, 
the hexagon <s taken' and filled 
wHh a dolour representing that 
player; to wm, you must capture a 
line ot hexagons from one side of 
the display to tfw other, 

The spelling of ainswefs needn't 
be totally cooect - and 
BhuAtmstai^ will allow some 
V, J rial ions through with the 
cornmeni 'close enough'. 



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• '■ How many more 
a/oc^tJbuMMB-tjAe qua games do 
we have to sulnr? This must be 
the fourth al (east, and there's not 
much you can do with the theme. 
There's a nice front end and a cute 
little picture of Bob wobbltr>g his 
head when he asks a question, but 
Ihe game is bonng v>d! repeWw^. 
Ttiere are lots of TV programmes 
Hiat wouki make mu(^ tjetter 



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four letters and deB£ht>es 
BlocMMjetars? Answer FAST. 
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itKs game, Tho g rspNc s am so 
small ^KlfBfhy that tfwy hurt your 
eyes TTw sfimad at *hich sv^ty 
thing happens atSds To ttv 
corihjsion tnitiatad by The se0- 
Ihrati^ 'adversaries'. 

The i€lea ot hunting out 
ffiamiation in beri »amm grmtt 
^t'sevm benar in raatw^ but thla 
rowTt tikes to keep its secmts 
secret " 

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Joy«ticl(4; StrtcLaii- 
QraphieK rang^ from badly- 
drB>vri doflifr'upsdt people to fest- 
ecroll<rig d<etaJled town scenes 
Soundi average effw;t» add htt le 
life to the Qanw 

Qenval fating: fans of the toys 
will not be disappointed^ otMrs 
shouk^l approach wariiy 



Presentation ^^% 

Graphics 49% 

Piayabiiity 47% 

Addictive qualities 46% 

OVERALL 40% 



amwer the question whwn e 
TIME OUT meesege apptivml 
But there have tMen ao many 
gsmee like BlocHbusten that 
bringing out another eeems 
ludtcroum. And mott of ths 
quMtiona *na too herd (or rtV« 
•nywey - wirmlrig fan 
Bl0Ckby$ters i::aII« for plenty of 
bnlne, eo that counts the whole 
CRASH team out " 

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Joyetlckt: none 
Ot^iMcb: Simple but adequale; 
absurd picture of Bob Holnoss 
QananI rating: another quiz 
9arrH. wNcti we n«ad Htke an 
empty H In the H on our slK)ulder8 



Pre<ientation 67% 

Graphics dS% 

Pliiyability 56% 

Addictive qualities 44% 

OVERALL 4«% 



• " Quiz games ktse tttat vita! 
twnieft eiement when 

computeriaed, etktUr^aiif)g ell 
fKimour and leave fhe rtx/m 
ckeedbjiy quiat Bkjckbusters is 
rary typkal of Ittis. 0uf it's good 
that you cton'r txgvc to tieai an 
opponent, and Blockbusters *$ 
certainly a must for frtase who 
can 'I r^ist showing ati tiieir quick 
thmking. " 



MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE 



Producer: QromI In Graphics 

Retail price: £7.99 



It's yet anottwr struggle for the 
eecreta of existence in thta 
offidal tie- In wtfi the much- 
hvpad (and rnuch-dended) 
Maatam Of TTia Univefse film - 
Itself a tie-in wittt tfw successful 
canoon and Mattel toy range. 

And Qremitn Graphics hasn't 
been put off its love of licences by 
two previous Masters Of The 
Universe games: an arcade 
adventure from US Gold {26% 
Overell in CnASH Issue 3^8) and an 
adventure from US GokJ's 
subsidiary Advwritureiftaft (84% in 
E^Lie 44). 

In Gramlin Qrapbics's new 
product, the e^gliil scattered 
chords to the key that centrals 
time must be found before they 
rain fall into the evil grssp of 
5kel«tor. He-M^n is tt>e only one 
«f>o can avert thcs disaster. 

TTfie action commences in the 
streets ivhftre out tnusde pumped 
hero rmets numerous creations ot 
Sheletor vsrtK) can tire upon him. 
Eacti time he is hit, they deprive 
him of ¥(iluable energy. The energy 
which rennaira Is shown by a 
sword ai the side of Ihe main 
screen. He-Mm can nseiore his 
energv bY gathering the dbcarded 
sworiQs Ihit lie about. If his erwrgy 
drops to ZOTD, one of his tour lives 
is^ost. 

He-Men can fi^ beck, and 
wtien he Ms a henchman he 
scor^ points, A certain score 
ytefds a Chord, and on gehnhg a 
chord ifw next BtBQeof the misaon 
can begirt In stage two the hunk 
chunk hero begina In a scrapyard 

Ihathan! 



where he is confnsnted by two of 
Skeletof's top crew, Blade and 
Karg. tf they cart be beaten, then 
our man, wt>o rnakes a txjdy 
biiiider kxik like a babe in amis, 
moves on lo another level. 

Battle awaits him all the way 
along the Unew and aoain thoee 
elusive chords ramabi lo tse 
coilectad. Eventually, when he hqs 
climbed a lackler react^>g to the 
sky and trsveOetl on a space-disc , 
He-Mvi is tfwisported to the 
aoane of a violent shoot- 'em-up 
against hordes of Skeletor's 
soldi&rs. 

Should He- Man succumb to 
these tanrtying odds and be 
captured Ijy tfwse cotions . then he 
is taken to the Castle of GreysKuil. 

^ &nnAn'if|npliics:'li*rlaMy 
datsHed twt need niore aloer' 




gtad that Oremtin has got the Masters Of The Univeiae 
t>ecauui It usually makes a firet-cteee job of Ifwee 
thema' ganwa. Your first encounter with this one might ^ed you 
to bdleve ttwt ifa just aiHther Geuntiet clone, But it's smoother 
ttun Gauntlet because there are fewer cheraetsr* on ttw screen 
and everything's much eieaier. t loved the shoot- 'enn-up and 
tfwught that mere wet* aoma nice little touches such as tr>a 
energy being In the shape of a sword. The inlay card Includes a 
map whidi is eesy to undorst^nd arKi 1 think mat tiie cemetery la 
the beat comtwl ai«a for graphics artd gameplay. " 

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" After us QoM's depress^ 
icance of ih« H«-Man 
cartoon it is at least a relief to 
Itiat Q*emtin ha* done 
iMtter with the film 
and Hi nioe to aee that the 
ftnlelied gam* haa at Nwst 
•Oine connection wfth Its 
autiiact matter, £verythir>g is 
pleaaantty presented, with 
atti acti v e beckg f oij n da and 
smell tHit e d aQuata afMNM, 
though the mouni b rtOthing 
to get excited atnul; il 
o4 diatinctfy 
rX and a rainaf 
muted tuna. Tlte way In 
wh^h th« screen ort s n la tlon 

Ewvvww ivfivimva ywu 

change a craa na anaMai al 

■CrdMng to be vetHcat {arvd 
Nance amooth); however a 
catch Is tttat the effect te very 
dlaeoficerling. Vet 

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Skeletor is the victor unless He- 
Man ta& all eight chords in tvs 
hands. 

[Xinng this finai stage, the 
culFnlnatKMi of all his efforts, Ke- 
f^an must use all of his guila, 
sirength and combet sl^ to 
ovefw^etm Skeletor and then 
nr^ake nimseil Master of the 
Universe. A countdown at the 
tjotiom right of the screen, shows 
the time ooraHistnt within vi4iich 
He- Man must work 



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" Masters Of The Un^vataa 
pt'esefits aoms iiiHaiesiinQ 
graphics though the cotour 
i«aves a tot to be dealnad. 
However, I didn't llrtd It 
additive. The nrat atsga la 
better than the aaoond,but 
walking arowwIlMat at iQ a tln g 
everything ddaa gat boHng* 



fcOMMEHTsL 



Joystlcka: Cursor, Kampston. 

Sinclair 

Qraphlca: woU-aninijited and 

intncatety detailed, but need 

more colour 

Sound: average spot effects 

tSenaral reitlnsF the beet aU 

thj-ee att^npts at the cartoort 

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under trie ^ame hea^Jirkg - and then a coupie of omeri io you cm\ rifeasure 
yourseff agaJrYST fMK oNy Interface-DiJTieri txii ordinary mortals too 

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3rfj/ttiinQ m Che tjmuerse tt {nJy random' - cxri* every action afTects ttv 

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TIE-INS 



IF arcada tt*"iR8 VQ wha you 
ramernlMr 1987 ter. gst rwdy for 
anothar tkniiar y«ar. 119 QoM'a 
new and knnovativ« QOI lab«l, 
taunctied last summer, starts tho 

yearwfweiniefl oH, annourkdng a 
malcr niw icensing; daal with 
arcade giant Gapcom TTms trtosra 
t«rt new Capcctm gamas on your 
Spactrum over the next 15 
rnonUw. 

itm ikti fan of sa wiH $ae 
Spectrum releasoo of iha vkitoni 
arcade games Stntrt FIgMar, 
TlgtfBoma. Biaek Ttom-and 
ims 

And despite GOi's arcade 
tNtHTitnenoe US GoW hasn't 
torgotten the street games itsatf . 
T?ie iatesi Data Es$t convarslon, 
Stimckl^d. gfVQs you 1 12 teve^ of 
if>o(}!-'errHiip fvtn. flescue your 
tnstas trom ine depths of lite 
dungeoru. and Dien use ttiem to 

Kyou out! Shoukl be our mKl- 
wyary , , , 

Also from ItS Goid is Laxv fag. 
9«t 1 .C^ years kn the rutur^. Six 
ievels of (moral acUcxvpecked: 
ihoot-'em-up fun. Tag your 
opponenis tMBlore they gat you 
DafMety for moae with a sharp 
eye and tasl reRwes, Lxevr Tag is 
sat for reieaae a wfille illar 
Shadftod. 

Further in the future are 
JnflPfiMter (Iha odgirtBl ktmmtof 
wa& reviewed Irt CRASH Isfiue 35, 
earning 72% Overall) and Ouri 



ARNm MOVES 



FUm tie-lrtf becama toidgar artd 
batter in 1987, and AefiMrten 
imandsto cor^tinue this Irancf in SS. 
Rnpdlafar, b^ed Off the flnt 
Ktarring Ajmotd Schwanwiegoar. 
shouldbe avaflabte now. 

Game (olkTws fim doaely. You 
take Amie's pert " you're a 
member of a cracit commando 
unH and you're «ant out to rescue 
tines ca^ured by Latin Arrjarican 
guanlltaa. Sadly by the time you 
get tfiere tttay've at been given the 
chop. Understandably you feel a 
tM fiart^ed and set out to avenge 



► WarieaiWarasiiaiti 

for ITM of Aa OaBataonSaasrsi, 

Cap^RAimhm tn ThBOooinJiS€OlQrt/lv^;0ptmK9i{witmm\) iMliaei Who's 
Dyhr Mw- iBd ftara'n bs ^irt rt imrfMj^ cml dofeat Bi* ewUOr 
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you ere wttad out f- 

deadly weapons to comptate your 

£9.99 misak>n. 

Also comlr>g from Activttlon for 
the same price is (anotfte^ board- 
game be-In, Ssptefflbar . Get from 
one end or tfw board to the other, 
using a wliola variety of sihapea - 
Hyoumuatl 



M-M*M^M-M'M* 

MiSSBD 

POINT 

Caaoade Oaroee has two 
interestirtg retoeses up tts 
collective sieeve, and i^st off is 
another tia-in, IB Part 1 - Boot 
Can^ liee In with tfwpopular Paul 
Hardcaatte Niumtser One chart hit. 
Ignoring the poini of the song 
(wttieh was to shock everyone at 
how young the American combat 



^ arBwerain0leVMnamwar- 
JV«ra9e age w^ 1 9), Ci^eade 
has beaed the Aral part of ttw 
game on the training of a young 
recryil. 

Trie programmers even went (o 
a training cwnp on the Vorksliire 
moors to see what a *grunt' (focrt 
soldier) has to go through. 

And then th«r«'a, 4V9 we Say it. 
aiMither in the long Una of Braakwi 
ctorws - rr«jr For those thai gat 
bored quicftiy Trav includes a 
screen-conetnjiction set for that 
extra bit of fun. 

QfemMrv Graphics nas three 
little beoiities waiting to be 
unleaahed upon an unsuapactir>o 
pubKc 1^ we'N warn you at»out 
them Urat). First ofi we have the 
strMsgy adventure. Stood VaKay. 
basedon the Oualrnaatar settee of 
fantasy booits. 

Than, foltowtng amsrHy in its 
footateps Bl Itw wid of February, 
eomeSKEMOM Strlkma Baek. the 
third In the ^lAASK sariec. t>iis time. 



you have none o4 your 
vehicies -you must aiaai a 
rocket and paneMta the VEHOM 
base to rescue your son; Scoit 
Tradter Ar>d don't forge* to 
eradicate the ev«i Miles Mjntient 
who kidnapped him tn the mi 
ptaoe. 




Lastly tnim Gre<v4ln Graphica 
oomee No ft ha ta r, You know that 
higl^iy-claasified operation tmi 
warn compleiely wrong and 
ovwpopuwied the worn. «r>il then 
thespeceatattonkbai wtttbuilby 
thvfour E^tMorda? Wafl. there's a 
bit of a problam. 

Tfia ^at:e Station has been 
invadeo by aHens and the We* 
support systems ttava been tinned 
oil ^hus kflBng a few tfMMJsand 
people). 

New it's up to you and your 
ml:»tiic irnpiania 10 jolty waB go 
and turn them beck on again. You 
have tm March to get yourself 
togathar. 

Whispers of MIckmf MCMO* 
have also been heard frof«» the 
Gremin Graphics offleas . . , 

HALLO HALO 



Halo Jonaa, ttiat SQlfvcentury 
womsrv on the Hoop (it's wt^ an 
Amerieari's unemployDd Mve then), 
is the subject of PmnlM's next 
fOOMOg^ne. Aa you can Imagine 
the Hoop is fuV of si kinds of 
dangerous, de^wriM, determad, 
deitnous and dhBuaioned down- 
anfd-outa,arHJ even the most 
innoCTnt shopping trip can ttm 
into a battle ibr survfvair. 

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So$at your trmour-ptated 
career b«bs fMtfty lor tiw March 



M80 le watch otA foi from 
Pfranha. but much latar In the yoer, 
ia a tf»ry of wttdhm ind the 
idaf^est evil, Cfniwi Th* ArcKff 
Co#?wutar^2arn»{Long Potntless 
TlMCHOurTirne: UmasMtaaof 

And chare'a stw Hdy Of Til* 
Hmws, tnsMf on iht wiapadas 

of tfw M>i'<Known mNrtiB (Ihoy 
«w. , J MilchMlar fooONl Cor. 
As if Piwacapa tn aca^wm wn^t 

if)ougii» Digital kilvgnrtlon is 
ahvays trying to give tm 'ttw imI 
tiling*. So UiQ ogmpany'srkvxttwo 
feioBseft are both BimiMiiona. 

In taet, A7Ffj/i stands lor 
Advanced Tactical Rghterif 
slmutatos 'tharaat IWrn' before 
K's avsn baan dasighaa and built. 
If vou thcMjght you t^ your hands 
Ml In Digitai Integration's 
Totnthewk \lmmm Sd. d3%) )ust 
watt ttH you saa the baby yMi'U be 
handling (or ttv^ ^ handaj in 
ATF. The LocwMad YF-22A Is one 
of the moat advanced ptines you 
couW wwH to load Into your 
compear. 

The andean kn Digital 
Intagnition's Gompuiar cockpit 
shows a nm^ mora raaBilic 
lande<«ape than prwIOMa flkj^ 
limuiBiors. enhanced by tOid d-D 
dbptay. V^ou travel over tartd mkI 
sea, iBir>e) your onboard radair to 
pinpoini nkialy target9< 

ATF shcxjid be nying Into your 
area k) the next couple of weeks. 
» keep your heads down) 

Ftunnourhasitthet TTfmotfim 
alao being planned by Dtgrtal 
MaoralionfTT Racer earned 76% 
In Jaatie 34), !iut no Ikm releaee 
date ho been set 



ARKANOtD 
SEQUEL 



starts the new year wtiore 
It left the old one - wrOi anolher 
bun^ oi ima tasi io g lloanoes 
raadj^lor rataaae. Coln'op and Mm 
tte-lna are sot for Iha and of 
itanuay- AsaCsff JlBpa and 
0>M>Deca>de's W 




^ Ptttgon 



Ik^nce. a Vietnam game^ 

By the end ol Febn^rv Ocean 
shouM be ready wHh Artanoitf - 

Jia»er<! p e OfDoh, ancrther {!] 
firasikouf ciorM fmom the arcade 



machine, artd Vtctixy Road, very 
much In the /licarf WaiTtora vein. 
But vne stM hafven*t seen ftjri 
lifknton from nta. whii^ also 
P^txntaas Bmw Aey 'soon' . 



*■ MMie la CBBMlBt staple c 



Ele U/ onte Ana is planning to 
start releasing SpeCtnjm tMai 
soon - none hove been seen yet. 
but tf^ month's prqrnteea MaSfy 
fox It. PtjnnrAl Smm and Sfinike 

Those wfto've airaec^ 
cofiuleied Alamsnavy (Isaua 44, 
96%) WW be |tod to hear that 
Oanwolaa'Niaroanafy ff Is being 
corMwted to the not'SO'huni^ 
Spectrum. And If you Mw 
Mercenary youH know ihait the 
Spectrum wffl p ro bably have the 
best s-btt version of tt^ aec}uel 
too. But don'ieKpect K soon -they 
tahe things pretty eeay down at 
NoYagert's base ri Bnim. 

\t you like (he look of this kssue'a 
AdventuraTrail Smash HfUgtt Ore 
{92 % onpage 45%), watch out for 

i^Hnkarand legend Of The 
SmM^ are the nexi two 
adventwes to be lei out of the 
Teleoomsoft dungeons. 

And ftainbird hasn't forgotten its 
Issue 36 Smash Starpidlsr«ther- 
coming soon <s Carrier 
Cofwnartdt a soft d SispMMir at 



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Aa the new yaorgets on tta way. ao 
do the new softwirare houses, and 
the wefl-hriown Prench 
programming learn THua has now 
set up Ms own publishing house. 
Titus^s flrsi game, Crnji' Cans, Is 
aiready seiRng surprfsingryweff in 
t$-bit formats, ma ^tdead It's 
aiong the sanw Hrwa as US Goid^s 
sates star i3ur Run. 

Ever fended owning t 
Mercedes, a Porschelll 1, 
perhapa Larhboighinl Countach or 
even a Ferrari? In Crszy Cars 
you' ra racing between Rofldaand 
Malibu in a selection of hig^ 
pertermance (are. all for just E9.B$ 
tndudiria delivery and nurnber 
pl^aa. iHa frst Spectrum OOpieB 
should arrive mld'Februaiy. 
AnotfMr Francis OonnectAx7 

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PMoon sutor/iDf/on oltar 

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LITERALLY, karate' means 'empty hand' - but fKanks to 
System 3 and Its karate-choppin ' Smash tK+ we've got a 
smart Matatii VX 735 video recordef and 21 ganne* to hand to 
you. 

M you have to do (as they say in all good comps) \s make as 
many words of eoven letters of mora as you can out of the 
game's name - 'Internauonal Karate Rus', 

In each word you can only use eaoh l^er m m^y tinves as it 
actually appear^ in that phrase. 

Th0 winner will b« the person wtiO S&ndS in the lOf^QASt USt Of 

words which am. in the opinion of CRASH'S judges, ganuine 
words (names of peopte, places etc will not be counted). He'll 
receive the Matsui video recofdef and a copy of IK+. 

The 20 rufiners-up will be those who submitted the 20 next- 
long«st joists, and will each receive a copy of fK+, 

Send your answefS on a sheet of paper witti your name and 
address to A SMASHING COMP WITH SYSTEMS, CRASH, PO 
Box 10, Ludiow, Shropshire SYS IDS, 

Entnes must be received by March 8 and the decision of 
CRASH'S appointed Judges is final in all respects, 

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dtaVCi,AlHlJtni0lQnmAilp(-llnBllK 12 
A^Nn Indthc oyini^iiRit HIM (nMt d 
Uwii «¥ wKy turd ta ge( on vtdwJ 

But iteil ctKpiiir ' t^e AdH eompmto «« 
poms/nimft ItSa md i jmcIv trvston 
hvn fbi) to mIk iv tt» yev 

flMtyipid«i(iilv rdtKc or Fetniaiyi h 
MhMliMi^Mirs IblllMbMiMr 
Standi HbiJiifl Cm ind Ni«etHtnii ^ClhnA 

HmtntocmnmcitlQiBCVtrc n CMtv^Wli 

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hit im McffiMfl f»Ni| nil, *« 011 iMMir 
«id mMMtfttOm BHinBv |»U lIlNto, Mir 

rauNMMjncyfmonA cowntten mddf eded- 
by rts stv. tkm WVdif , «d [Mil 1 1)4^ 
coitow ei wfeirid nd posstsust ptQpii A ihe 
sanw ^oific fof Hw n^it WUh ind con^pnofi 
Gidi !Uitr {ita jppamd vMh hin fi R« 
MbMn Ai JiM )!»■ (Q lei the n^ 01 terror . 
tN]^n ^ftlni, Aimed r the mcrwij! teo 
dirravlhe Nbraxfi Dwn DeLiJH -17^ 
Onriviwl Aft J and i K loais Uie one d Itie 
lintcti lki« ol Itw Fftnary reltiitt. 

On »e shHws now fd^Mltf be MSMW't 
lUbAMM « mMM«adw4ure ftamrf 



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Bui i^il !iicu Mi««awdclHnlii(bt BRla 
tttM tipit MwM VMH'i Ktt itimt, 
titlbmit It'^ isccd oJiHBhicnecr BintshbHTDr 
ftnt, b(| with WHBngly «btnced rmli-tf) and 

msnl tdicti 1)1$ w« one «f Ihi imtit papir 
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JhwUh, comes out onFebntiiyii Tou'vt 
fitOCM^^toDwitvlMt 

AmiMSctiHRmi^i AsdUvtv beeni 

h^ bOK^Mcc nt (Md wi bt in nmnn 
pme|i- wdthe fini MdtfitFdmiarif bnnp his 
neir \Meat Anr OmT j^ (MflK. Ni^ 
gwes A(i»e I raw d^, 'soyou'd better pop a^tor 

liiik VUh i^tKlslinMAK. the UN 

initMl)l)riiM ■vVi iflfaf ovtrlM coHstorlM 

Titt woond o( SMv«n SpielHfg & J 
JMtv stioiM b« out on Fctfwy i Inm ( 
Hto Th4 n his Ovm Of V»Q IH dncter 
ind idor] ind (kepyir Hrai ; ne ^ifflon OUi 

%} frnn QC VUh coRKi. the m^inaiH 

fMttMnrtitMM-ftrf I iiiij iifiri 

leMnrahip be^liee^ the toami VMbm Hid 
nt the deaf {n tM Mm V4} oltowij Mariee 
lUliV (iriW Mn M Oseir for hef pfifornahcel 
Ci* ramrfc, W*tirt itory noJ to be mi$4ed 
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A VlETfUM VETEIMI And winner i}i the Bronze Star Iwr^rf , Pttteon director 
Ohwr Stofw (Mha aho dir^eif Safyad^ hitd no prQt)l«n» conveying the ticrror 
aneltHartK)ieci<thei^fttwAni«nc;acoiMn«ver'Mn %/aonf^Sion«'£ovviniit(Hy 
of hs Hfe in the war toM through the «y«s ol fool sok1»tr Chrts Taylor, play«d b/ 
O^artte Sheer (tucB. Jhf «ftm^ 

kn a series ot ietter^ 1o hs grantfmother Taylor te<ts of hi^ term m the pMoon. 
A new ipjy'% Me isn t worth so nudt tw tuvi'l put his tma in.' he scr»wh on a 
raln-soddfln p^ce o( paper 'H you're gonra gtt MIed m ttte Nam, it'f better lo gti 
It tn the firit few weeks, the logic tteinB you don'l ujtfer so rmicli.' 

The platoon in Mtuch ttiisrawrecrurtisplaceflhistwo teadefs. On the one funti 
ytxi hffM ttie relaxed pot-urokNnig dan under ihe leadership of ScfQWit Ella& 
(WiHeiti Dafoe}. wJtti wl>om Taylor creal« a strong relatiMiship, »id on the oppo$rte 
Side (bul f^ing tiie same erterrty) Barnes, an awetsrwe and h«r4<h«iKled 
SerMAnt wtio starxls for rvo nonsense, especally not from some rich nta boy. 

NobCKly fmows the real point of the war - ' it's ai po(i1ics> man. politics - and all 
Itiat's syne is tl»t rf' they get out ol th<s mess they'll ntver forget it. 

Ptatoon foHows this group ol rncn through their times ki the war - storming 
wVagas, iHMing innocent civilians fDid you see that head come apart? I am t seen 
bradns Mw thst bei^e , ) and, of cnjrM, always p4odd*r% throtj^ the rruddy, 
wvgwmfii^ And the comianl fighting between Elias and Barnes continijes. 
Win ^ HJldief^ survive Ihesr own nvalnes, more destructive ttian tttekr enemies? 

PtftOOn SCOCpe<l' Ihe tQl3 prices iliK* JMt'S Acatterriy A ward C er emony wmning 
Best Pictuf*, Best Director, Best E*»ng and Besi Sound And tn Oliw Storw s nejtt 
Htn, Waff Strefi. Cnariic Sheen relurns with MichMl Doug^ n i IcHUgh and tvnely 
Story of iTKldv d««ltne - set miles fronfi Vietnam, but ejtposBT^ the darV s»de of 
human n atun in thg san« way as Plstoon. 
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Mmtplmfic, wHh HAW dt^nifting ac mt tt at ifMrnn* M^intl th» 
kmtetM, bvt Mtifftrj hvm t utritit ot obvkMa pMtocdpMi/nf . oMntmn h « 
iiMifil^, Cturiit Shtmit't cA«r9Cf*r an angat; mmd iliftctor Siun* umtrt 
4tifmtr9Vtly el^t* to giving u* Tom Grunl't Sf^Hieldavt. 

trtmm*titw» n*mt to bm TOW th*i war h detnttntnhtng - what wv 
m a adamirh a n*w wmy gfNtying ft, * way thai witl raach thv ganmration 
fe) whk^ mo*i CRASH natS^rt bahag. W» HW* ttlH U»ktUi%g whan Iha 
f abamiortBti Viatiiam. 

Stona'f Impfecabla §»H-!ndutgatKm k at§ attfoyabia &m, bat 
t it'* tha iittimata statamafft on anythtitg bi/t tha way 
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WHO'S THAT GIRL 

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Fo/gel thAt miwst tn 
Shan0w» Surprtse - th« l«dy of th« 
£1^^ Madarma. is twck to her old 
tncbs Raytng g^fwral fun-lowuig and 
wacky yuur^er NiMu finn in (iVTwj 
Jhgf Gift, sh« i#ls oito Itw worst troubte 
imapna&ie - she g«ls fawned fw 

Not Surpnsingty. «vh«n tti« sprighOy 
milt gflts out «ft« foiif ^ars m fhe 

«« )^ jlwnrnir. irK:MfinMl!r), the Vst 
tiling stit sitB out to dio Is IS dear iw 
namf and cvtch it>e real murd^fer of 
h«f iX'b^fhf fv). 

Birt rt"^ not ttwt «»v - islw tiwsn t 
ttncHr «t4«re 1o Start lodwn^ ami some 
Fikilax-toting busimBsinin has come 
to tscofi her from prison to htr home. 
Young attorney Loudon Tratt. played 
by the l£lent«d Girtftn Dtirvw {^i 
Amencan J^/er^woK fn tondon. 4ff0r 
Hovfsi has ht$ day aA set out and 
f»i»du's gQ«v to ptJt hifn olf thS 
bmdaoie - or are tihey' 

Altfif atl, he's not dealing with any otd 
dufnb btoride here hJikk) Finns on a 
mt^oa - 'toeethec; she exclairre, 
•w're a fnil, mean ligHirv PTia^loe'. 
BW 'N- 's^t i^iftg Trott wanti s to be 
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dragged ahsund the city on the day 
b«for« h<s wedding! 

Nikki finally psfiuades him to awe 
her a tew Irfts [m fits future rnothef-*n- 
Law's Rolls Royce) here and there, but 
unliOitunfltely he doesnt know what 
ttt's letting hwnsetl m ter- NiUus cmno 
OiwiftiTVB shoppvts tm. she; alter 

H I montton ttirt on th«r tnvtfs ttiey 
encountef i rve coupr mmed 
Murray, wreck a |«tt(tlle(y shop and (of 
course) sma^ up Hw Rioib you 
understand thai this is goirigto be qurte 
a charge in the lifestyle of Loudon 
Trott. And there's that w»di)ifig to 
attend' 

I can't understand why ther* wa$ 
such cnticksm of thts wlwn it vm 
released n the USA What ytu Ve got 
h«fe iS one of the wac kiest and humect 
LOmedHH ol the year, bnrvmg back 
meraaries of the Oons Daty/I^ Grant 
days. And, « m an ttis prvwious ttim. 
Gfifin Dtfine looks suitably tiemuset] 
by the whole situation, 

Anybody who expects to see nnore 
than a .l^t-h«irted «:rewbaM corT>edy 
will t)« #sapp«imed - but you li bt 
Mupnswl Iww food Who's Jtigt Qrt is 

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Most people wtia wstctt Who s That G«rl 
«V#MiV to ^ 50 teCAJtS* Of MlAdoriru 
- M Mtwt's « good desf Aidr« to it 
ttmt mat tt's tnxh men «fiOj/tbta 
tfivi Shangliat SurpnM, mid ttmm an 

MIKE OOHH .,.,^-.-. — ~~. . 



good petfofmances aH round, ft s a pity 
GfMi DUm ts so ov9Tshadow9d by 
the $aperstaf, because fm does an 
*x«9ttil jiA ' Miho'j That Orl Aats 
t^onOmnMadanmevitafipeaL 

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STREET JUSTICE 

Guild Home Video 



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MHEMCAN AGENT Curt Ftym (Mictiael Ontttean - Dtath Wa/t II. Slap Stwti Is 
thoueht to iwe Ot«i diet iSown bchnd tfie Irtm Curtain, Tha StaU Ow«1m«nl 
quIcMy 'bvries' him and deistroy ii tMdance of his existanci. tMit tSyvan lalvhe 
mwhialy ttxapes from the Easiefrt^iloc prison where he has been held aid 
iitums to the ^cs. 

As soon as he arrives tw's thrown into a maumunivsecunty pnson |not a very 
warm welcome lor a dead marf). But even this tou]^ ja^ cannot hokl Nm and he 
escapeii n gr«at styte wttti ttw hetp ol a ^olen helKo^er and many so«^iai ^ects 

Government agents are hot on his tail so Fiynn dumps the helicopter and heads 
hi ha home towrn - to (tnd that lt>e last 1 2 years have changed the place, his wife 
(loama Kjm n - TV & Htll Stftet Bluesi has remarrted and ha okj neighbourhood & 
now a stiQppmg centre 

This is where the story Intmi l^ogs Flynn just goes anxjnd the town helptng out 
people who att getting beaten up by the pobce and gHteraily being very hard 
St fgof jifflji gega ite w^ but evertualli' you'fe bemng for the end. 

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MKftaei Ontixafl fiOftr^s Qjfl Ffyw} si4ieftfy - ihe's the sort of guy tvho eoM 
squKA iha ATeam with ov ha/rd, but doesn't want tobes^ vki^t And that's 
where the fiim scores so h^fify Ffynn's predtcamer^ is so wei expressed ttiat you 
teei AAe ktdw^ si every ptink /fiaf gf^ear^ ortscreen Tht odty probkfn wtfh tl*S 

i/ery i.'niT/y.'njj film i% ffie vfry abfitpt endtnt 

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COMMUNICATION 
PROBLEMS 



Some 'netters still 
write letters , . . 
PAUL EVANS 



questions 

LOOKIKG FOR 
A DUTCH 
TREAT 

Deaf Paul 

rm a now CRASH wj&acfibw. and 
my (ifsl subscf if)i«>n i53*>e 
ivalurod your new column about 
Micfooeliiog I siiU have my 4||K 
Spticirum, Wi I also have a i2eK 

Encouragect by a coHesgue, I 
pgrchaaed 8 VDi 5000 Jot 95 
Qiuldefs (less llwi £30) including 
uset -10- uaer sofiware. only ro find 
that my ^^SK Spectrum would n<« 
iniiialise as ^^ey are not 
compBlible . 1 ^t my money back 
wittxMjt any trouble arxl set sboul 
Imdinga rnodem ttial would worM. 
I was able to Imd a shop \hai sckl 
a mc}dem that plugs into iho buMl- 
in RS23? socHel cm the Specirum 
And Piesiet-type sotiwafe to go 
wiltiii 

It's a Miracle systems atitodfaf 
modem Willi 1 200/75 and 1200*' 
t2X Options. It can also t>e 
plijg9ed inio a OL with wtnich it 
does dutodtai 1 1 stioukt be 

OMJble lo autodi.ii by toggling 

fTHaH 10Hi to simulate ihepulias 
ot A telephone diaUmg, but (ht» 
stTfTw.ua does fWf provtde fOr lbs 
lucilily 

Do you have 3. routine for doing 
ihis. and couitJ you gwe more 
mlormation about tt« Spectre 
Corrom ROM for ibe vfx? What 
does it do itval itie UTX ROM 
doesn't? 

A^-, 1 hnnrwns 1 wrde lo 
Cf XT dflparlmeni last 

wol ^tof ti|3isonrruii«trvgmy 

modem autodi^. bul I don't krtow 
whether Ibey 'H be able to publish a 
solution 

f subscribe to Vrdtlel. ttw Duicb 
ecpjivalervi of Preste^, and rogularty 
tog in lo a numtiei of other data 
beriks which wotK with thef%e3teli 
firotocol. As yet I have not been 
abte to ccMmmunicate user - to ■ usef 
for lack o( a suit^Me program. 

I am retuctant to go out aftd tiuy 
one m my tocal sbop (Spectrum 
software <^tocl(isis are few and far 
twitweer over here} as the 
piogtams are too expensive to 
ei^penfneni with My Prestel 
sottware cost me Cot And I'm 
sure there mwst be belter 
programs avaiMlble with oti-line 
sdrt»*g ol pages etc. Can you 
put>tif>h a list of programs, 
taciiine?., prices anCtsuppiiets'' 

One mteresiing diaia bank is tun 
by n actKxtlboy in Rottef dam. who 
luf rwd hjs \rrx 5000 into an 
fiutounswer modem and runs the 
bank on a microdrwe cartridge^ 
I he online tunes are raltwr erraiic . 
but iire publiibed in another 

114 CRASH February 19S8 



Pti>ilip Green, Roberdam^ 

HolLand 

ft s .1 she^Jte you fttdn't pursue -j 

solution io ttifi rP8KVTX fvobh'm 



qmli* ctiejp tot a new VTX > ■■> ■ 
have ftot menfu^rwd f^n» Mir^i Jh 
nvxiBfti nHxiefbut li soutuis Mt' a 
WSP0O& ! hjvwi't a cfue i^hv j.i 
pfogiam the t1S^32 port Ot the . . -^ 
to aufodko' ffwougti the moiv 
but msytiB Sitnofi N Goodwin . <' 
hetothtjre 

See my arftCte wY tSSue 46 tor 
dstaiis on tfi& Spectre Comrns 
ffOM. Hs sottw^e is a great deaf 
bofter ttu^ the VTX'smd it makes 
the VTX compatible wim me t28 
asweti* 

Aa tot software, vefyctteap iJ?U 
software ana enhmtced tarmirt.i; 
soffwaw is avaitabte on Mtcronpt 
a9te*sso#i*»ieibfiheVTXof)'i. it 
you can't tag-on to MiCfi""'- 
contact ffw p^op^ thete #io vj> ^ • 
you can f! the aottwofti 

through Sf',i Their address 

m: iwctorm ew. Tetem^ Ltd 
tXtrrant House. B Herttal H^ll 
LondonECiRSEJ 

rryrr- • ' \r corruns sottwaro 

cornr?'. r ttm Sjoeclrtrrii (s 

t/fflV u>'t'LU'i ana < woijidnt 
bothof tryv}g' Si/t a teatum on ttK^ 
ama^tng software exfras tor the 
VTX ts cofmttg SOOft and mil put 
the BetiO owners to Shame. 



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TELEX TALK 

Dear Piujj 

Can I use lelex numbers oo a VTX 
5000 (modem or do 1 need add- 
ons^ wtiere can I get them trom and 
how mych wiflthey cost mo? 

And can you p^»se gtve me «) 
tew addresses so I can get ti>ore 
mformaiion about rr>odems. 
telex^ and networks. Ateo. is 
there a maH-ordw company t can 
gd them fromi 

It woukJ be nice to know a few 
things about prcfirammmq 
lochrnques, but all the manuii<' 
and books I've seen are all tai •■ 
technical lor me Tl"- > ■ 
about all these we 
ask you to do exerei-jf- i'l.n Hit-, 
don't tell you how to do or ^KDw fi 
w(Mks and I'm usuaMy comptete^y 
k»i after len or 1 5 paiges 

Is there a dear progrvnminy 
gmde you know of that even .i 
{^implete moron (me"?) could 
follow ea^ly'' 

Tony Rodmond. Milton Keynes. 
Suckkighanishire 
tr you are a member of Pfv$t^ yotj 
haye access to if s much unproviH:! 
tetax service Vou type in voui 
message as yotj wshjW a rtto.' 
enfor tne feUex /xjmber efc. ar ' 
ineasage is deHveftfd >n as httki ^ 
f Afoe mtntilifs ' The costts or^ly 50p 
per telex 

TTwff ■"» nrt other way o' 
corrvr VTX to a tatei^ 

mach,: . 

tf you need more tnfonnatton o- 
the wortd of modems, cotitat t 
Microoai af the aOdtesa tn m>' 
answer to WWp Graert's tetter. 
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DRILLER 
THRILLER 



THE tncentive/CRASH Drittef 
coTYVMUtion run lit Issue 42 had a 
few nlBraailng entri^i. Best of the 



eKects cama ttxim A iw l nw WW- 
lama of SoiHiul near Birmtouham. 
He's atready spent lis £300 on a 
colour tfliy and a ooupila of micro- 
drives. The *u(Ay njnrwr-t4> wbo. 
like Ardraw. receives a credit in 
Last issue's Smash OrlBar was 
Uegh Hoynas ol Scsutho, 
Grimsby. t4ow tiaqk to the usual 
dkrteriSKXis . , . 



STRANGE BUT 

DISGUSTINGLY 

TRUE! 



THE smaUest^dirtieat. n^ost dis- 
gustirw oo m paBMon ever mm by 
CRASH appeared a coupte of 
issues tiack . All yen had lo do was 
cTBaie a story Una for the famous 
King Grub and his faithiy fHas. to 
appear In artist Markie Kendflck's 
monthly CRASH cartoon strto. 
Marfcie picked out fVcliaRl Bur- 
ton of HelsJon. Cornwall Tni2 
6R8> wtto'l get his srxipt used in 
Kino Grub, 



Richard wiQ also raoaive Ihe 
Signed and tramed originel Grubby 
■rtworh of his idea ana like the Trve 
hjiv>Brs-up, a King Grub T-shirt. 
TTxiea mnnars-up are; Mark 
Sotrtar. Angus, &otlBrKl DOa 
4HS; David Oamett. Rnedon, 
hk)nhQnts tiH9 5GH: Stuart High* 
ley, Keyworth, Motts HG^2 5LO; 
Plarra Scotnay. Portishead. 8ri«- 
10* 8S20 SOB; and Qlen Parson. 
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First prize in Gremlin Grsptiics's 
OefteMorfMASK WcompetitiOf> is 
UN's Photon Double Wamor Set. 
Graamfl Hansford of BrtwMone, 
Dorset BH IS 6lP i/ackad a lasar 
beam accurately around the 
D^dalrf or diagram and wins that 
daaesy Hgiit-tag system plus 
copies of the two Gremlin 
Graphics gamea. 
4S runnert*up ae^ recei've 

copies of thagimea and a mask 

rLr>q birvder , , . 

MX> mm Pm* nun, awiWifv, Soun 

VoriuMr* 173 WH-, H P Edwvdk, London 

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WiijiAtrt A*««. ttof n - SouVi Ol«fnoi«n 

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KTai lOV; Willi II ibi*H>, W jy i w B tf fc, 
DonM on 4CH; Jehu Ltum, awwuia. 
m.rximntitgm VH «lU: ie«fM>iH wiw*. 

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W.titHU^ WMt Viy^ B033 tor. U*r\ 

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paper bag. But hvenNnnBrs came 
up with corwirKung answers srvd 
dAch receive a JiandH9Bttod 



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s«nod l>y the CRASH t eam. 

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OKU iHPi N*lf Vouno, SaMhuwonli, 
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